KEY MOMENTS AND EVENTS
Five Questions with Casey: Sophie Dagenais on the Baltimore Unrest and the Way Forward
In this Five Questions edition, Dagenais discusses the importance of bringing all Baltimoreans to the table — particularly those with limited access to opportunity — to achieve lasting, positive change.
Funders for Justice Meeting in NYC
On Friday, June 12, 2015, more than 70 funders gathered together at The Atlantic Philanthropies to coordinate and mobilize resources in support of organizing in response to ongoing events of police brutality and state sanctioned violence faced by communities of color across the country.
Activists Locked Down Outside Tacoma Detention Center
Northwest Detention Center Resistance Coalition members locked down to protest deportations at the private facility.
The criminalization of Muslim students must end
This rush to judgment occurs in the educational system as well, mainly because of the enforcement of zero-tolerance disciplinary policies that have long targeted black, Native American and Latino students.
#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!
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