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What We’ve Gained And Lost Since Stonewall
People can’t get to Laverne Cox or Janet Mock, so instead, they go after a girl walking in a street in her neighborhood at night, just trying to make money to survive. And when the police come, the murderer goes home free of charge, while this trans woman nobody cares about lies dead in the street.
Ferguson Commission Report Examines Issues Behind Mike Brown Uprising, Proposes Action
The Ferguson Commission released a report aimed at addressing the social, political, historic, economic, educational and racial issues that led to the uprising following Michael Brown’s killing in 2014.
#HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD
Yesterday, we helped the folks on 125th organize an incredible rally and press conference, complete with poems and songs and street theater. Here is a full round-up of press coverage!
The Immigration Detention Transparency and Human Rights Project: August 2015 Report
The National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC’s) three-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation resulted in the most comprehensive public release to date of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration detention center contracts and inspections.
Funders Briefing and Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Dignity & Power Now
September 1 from 3:30pm – 5:30pm, at Liberty Hill Foundation, Los Angels, CA
A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?
By Nat Chioke Williams. ...[T]he Hill-Snowdon Foundation recently launched the Making Black Lives Matter Initiative, a three-year project that seeks to build the kind of long-term institutional and political power that the black community needs to achieve real racial justice.
Webinar: Exclusive look into secretive immigration detention contracting system
When: August 25th@ 12 p.m. PDT/2 p.m. CDT/3 p.m. EDT.
CampaignZERO Launched
CampaignZERO presents a comprehensive package of policy reforms to end police violence in America. It encourages people to petition their elected representatives to implement 10 policy solution areas at the local, state, and federal level of government to achieve an America where police do not kill people.