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Building Trust Between Communities and Local Police
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country have grabbed the attention of the nation and the world, and have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities that they protect.
Dear Mr. President: A Letter From Tef Poe
Dear Mr. President, I write this letter with high hopes that it reaches you with a sober heart and a pair of open ears...
‘I Did What I Was Paid to Do’: Race Control and America
Most pastoral job descriptions say precious little about race and racism. Prior to the Civil War, clergy either supported slavery, or kept their opinions to themselves. That is what they were paid to do.
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation
The Center for Racial Justice Innovation's most recent edition of Moving the Race Conversation Forward includes a section with content analysis on print, cable, and social media coverage of Ferguson. ColorLines, an online publication by Race Forward, has had excellent ongoing coverage of Ferguson.
Moving Forward on Racial Justice Philanthropy
Through focus groups, webinars and direct interviews, our team has sought to get a strong sense of both funders' and activists' perspectives on progress particularly over the past two decades...We are pleased that through funder case studies and activist essays about structural racism analysis, intersectionality and media justice, we're able to share real progress, even as each piece recognizes there is still much more to be done.
Center for Popular Democracy
The Center for Popular Democracy works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions. CPD strengthens our collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and [...]
State Infrastructure Fund and Shelby Response Fund
Last call proposal to funders interested in participating There is an urgent need between now and November for nonpartisan, civic engagement groups to turnout Rising American Electorate voters and ensure their votes get counted. Minority, low-income, youth and women voters [...]
Ferguson Legal Defense Committee
The Ferguson Legal Defense Committee (FLDC) has issued the following EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION for all lawyers, legal workers and law students of conscience in anticipation of a major reaction to the (non or under) indictment of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown...