The Akonadi Foundation today announced the launch of the Oscar Grant Peace and Racial Justice Fund and the immediate availability of mini-grants of up to $500 to support the critical and emerging organizing, advocacy, and cultural work taking place. On the first day of 2009, a white BART police officer shot and killed Oscar Grant,ContinueContinue reading “Akonadi Foundation Launches Oscar Grant Peace and Racial Justice Fund”
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Save Equal Opportunity! Take Action Now!
Affirmative action is one tool to provide individuals with access to equal opportunities and to remedy the present day and historic effects of discrimination. Anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives were approved by voters in California (Proposition 209 in 1996), Washington State (Initiative 200 in 1998), and Michigan (Proposal 2 in 2006), and have significantly set backContinueContinue reading “Save Equal Opportunity! Take Action Now!”
Backers of Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative Fail Signature Drive in Missouri
Missourians won a major victory in the fight for fairness and equal opportunity on May 6 when the so-called Missouri Civil Rights Initiative (MoCRI) failed to qualify for the November ballot, the ACLU announced in the press release issued yesterday. One of a series of ballot proposals California businessman Ward Connerly has spearheaded across theContinueContinue reading “Backers of Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative Fail Signature Drive in Missouri”