UPDATE FEBRUARY 3, 2020: The recording of the webinar is embedded below and additional resources are posted on the ABA website. https://youtu.be/5E82JMfaeNc Lisa Holder, Of Counsel to the Equal Justice Society, will be one of the speakers on a webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. The webinar, … Continue reading Lisa Holder on ABA Webinar ‘Education as Preparation for Civic Participation’
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This Week in White Supremacy #109: Black Americans are deeply pessimistic about the country under Trump
The Washington Post - Black Americans are deeply pessimistic about the country under Trump, whom more than 8 in 10 describe as ‘a racist,’ Post-Ipsos poll finds President Trump made a stark appeal to black Americans during the 2016 election when he asked, “What have you got to lose?” Three years later, black Americans have rendered their … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #109: Black Americans are deeply pessimistic about the country under Trump
Join Us on April 4 for a Voter Mobilization & Protection Summit
Voter suppression is happening in many states throughout the country. Voter purging and restrictive identification requirements are preventing voters from fully participating in our democracy, disproportionately affecting voters of color. There’s an active movement working in those states to silence people who were historically denied access to the ballot box. The Equal Justice Society is … Continue reading Join Us on April 4 for a Voter Mobilization & Protection Summit
This Week in White Supremacy #108: Bernice King: ‘Racism is not mere disagreement. It is economic, systemic and power-hungry.’
Bernice King on Twitter: "Racism is not mere disagreement. It places Black children in a pipeline to prison, demonizes unarmed Black men for ‘being murdered,’ and cages Brown people who are seeking asylum. It is economic, systemic and power-hungry. It is beyond time to exorcise this demon out of America." http://bit.ly/38h50Ii THE GOOD NEWS FIRST: … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #108: Bernice King: ‘Racism is not mere disagreement. It is economic, systemic and power-hungry.’
Round-up: Eva Paterson on KQED Forum + Thursday Impeachment Vigils + Saturday Women’s March
In this round-up of news and announcements: Eva Paterson on KQED Forum on January 20, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day This Saturday: 2020 Women’s March on Washington Nationwide Vigils for a Fair Impeachment Trial - Likely Thursday Review of 'The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution … Continue reading Round-up: Eva Paterson on KQED Forum + Thursday Impeachment Vigils + Saturday Women’s March
This Week in White Supremacy #107: White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump
The New York Times - If any group remains singularly loyal to Mr. Trump, it is the small but impassioned number of white voters on the far right, often in rural communities like Golden Valley, who extol him as a cultural champion reclaiming the country from undeserving outsiders. These voters don’t passively tolerate Mr. Trump’s … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #107: White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump
Servicemen sing Amazing Grace. We must stop this war.
We seem to be at war. Americans are under attack because of our misguided President. I am from a military family and this makes me cry. In an editorial posted this morning, The Nation says "We are not on the brink of war; we are already at war. What matters now is ending it—as quickly as possible." … Continue reading Servicemen sing Amazing Grace. We must stop this war.
‘War is not the answer for only love can conquer hate’ ~ Marvin Gaye
Happy New Year. I hope you all had a break filled with love and rest for this year is going to be full of work and madness. I ran out of stamps and went to the post office for new ones and remembered that there is a new Gwen Ifill stamp. My post office in … Continue reading ‘War is not the answer for only love can conquer hate’ ~ Marvin Gaye