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Category: Community Organizing

New Film Celebrates Living History of the Black-led Welfare Movement, a First of its Kind

July 15, 2022

By Cristina Rayas

An interview with the director of ‘Storming Caesars Palace,’ and the daughter of the film’s star, on some of the most important Civil Rights activists you didn’t know about.

The Creator of the Hip-Hop Track About Canvassing On Bringing Your Full Self to Organizing

June 16, 2022

By Cristina Rayas

Immigrant rights policy director Pratik Dash found a home in using the microphone as a megaphone.

In Georgia, Young Grassroots Organizers Are Key to Keeping the State Blue

May 13, 2022

By Amani Southerland

As the Georgia primary nears, organizers on the ground have played an integral part in raising early voting numbers and mobilizing the youth vote.

‘Trust Black Women’ Must Be More Than a T-Shirt Slogan

March 16, 2022

By Jennifer Wells

Yes, Black women are everywhere. Yes, there is beautiful Black leadership in the hills of Appalachia. I have had the privilege to organize alongside some of the fiercest Black organizers.

One Year Into the American Rescue Plan: The States Organizing to Get Funds to Families

March 11, 2022

By Domenica Ghanem

Grassroots groups across the country secured millions for affordable housing, child care, tax credits and other priorities.

Storytelling at the center of racial healing 

March 24, 2021

By Nissa Tzun

The way we tell stories colors how we remember our own experiences and eventually the longer history of how we fit in society. Repeating these stories leaves a mark on…

Because…

October 30, 2020

By Ayanna Albertson

I Vote Because I Want To Be a Cause Beyond Myself I wasn’t eligible to vote until the 2012 Presidential election. During that time, I was a freshman in college…

Because…

October 27, 2020

By Maya Boddie

Still. I vote because of his work. I have made a conscious decision that his work and that of countless others cannot be in vain. I must remember that sacrifice of those before us, their persistence and refusal to back down, runs through my veins.

Because…

October 23, 2020

By Sa'iyda Shabazz

I vote because my life depends on it, literally and figuratively. As a Black, queer, low-income mother, another four years of what we’ve had feels like I’m signing over my own death certificate. 

Let’s Keep Each Other Safe by Banding Together for a National Day of Action, Oct. 22

October 19, 2020

By Nissa Tzun

We all deserve to live in a country where we are safe in our homes, at our places of work, and all the places in between. But for a long…

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