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Bay Area Justice Funders Network
The Bay Area Justice Funders Network (BAJFN) is alliance of funders working to advance a justice agenda and strengthen grantmaking for social justice movements in the Bay Area and beyond.
Embattled Ferguson police chief resigns
The development comes a week after a Department of Justice report heavily criticized the Ferguson police department for bias against African American citizens. The report charged that police disproportionately use excessive force against blacks and that black drivers are stopped and searched far more often than white motorists, even though they're less likely to be carrying contraband.
WeTheProtesters.org: A Resource Hub for the Movement
A hub of information, made by protesters for protesters, to help activists advance the movement for justice and equity.
WeTheProtesters Open Letter
An Open Letter affirming the protesters' point of view and vision for this movement.
Mapping Police Violence
We've mapped 302 black people killed by police in 2014, disaggregated the data by race/gender/age/place.
Obama Calls for Changes in Policing After Task Force Report
President Obama on Monday called for prompt action to change police practices across the country after the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island at the hands of white officers exposed frustrations about law enforcement in minority communities.
Still-grieving mothers ask Andrew Cuomo to assign special prosecutors ‘to all cases of police killings moving forward’
Bell, who broke down in tears while retelling the story, is one of 18 family members of people killed by cops who penned a letter to Gov. Cuomo. The letter dated Feb. 24 and obtained by the Daily News urges him to “enact an executive order to assign a special prosecutor to all cases of police killings moving forward.”
Thinking About the Safety of Black Lives Beyond Policing
We need to fund more teachers and social workers, not police officers, in our schools. We need doctors, not cops, to deal with drug addiction and mental illness. We need full employment not the criminalization of poverty. We need organized and powerful communities not federal tank giveaways. We need to fund stronger, healthier neighborhoods, not bigger police departments.