black lives matter
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In Two Seconds: Tamir Rice 2002-2014
by Mark Doty the boy’s face climbed back down the twelve-year tunnel of its becoming, a charcoal sunflower swallowing itself. Who has eyes to see, or ears to hear? If you could see what happens fastest, unmaking the human irreplaceable, a star falling into complete gravitational darkness from all points of itself, all this: the…
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Getting Involved In the Movement for Social Justice
If you are looking for ways to develop or deepen your involvement in racial justice, below you’ll find a collection of resources to help get you started, whether it be by donating, marching, signing a petition or writing your local and federal elected officials. Articles and Resources 10 Ways You Can Support The Black Lives…
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Black Communities Leading the Movement for Economic Democracy
By Rebecca Lurie Black History Month is here — and we must declare Black Lives Matter well beyond any one month. Dr. Phil Thompson shares some important facts and insights in a recent article in the New Labor Forum, “The Future of Urban Populism: Will Cities Turn the Political Tide?“ He clearly lays out that the…
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Community-Driven Social Change in the Age of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
How can we make sense of the organizing coming out of today’s social change and resistance movements? In a new article coming out in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, Professor Michael Haber connects many of today’s most important movements—from post-Occupy community organizing to the rise of the worker co-op movement to parts of the Movement for…
