racism
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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 Photo by Johnny Silvercloud via flickr (cc-by-sa)
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Event: Black Workers and the Triple Pandemic (6/24)
Confronting COVID, Economic Freefall, and Structural Racism RSVP HERE WED. JUNE 24, 2020 * 12pm – 2 pm * Virtual Forum Please note: ZOOM link will be shared with all participants on the day before and day-of the event. Black workers are facing a crisis on multiple fronts. They are more likely to be frontline…
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Prof. Kafui Attoh on Structural Racism in Mass-Transit Policing
The protests over the past week and a half have laid bare many of the excesses of the police and called into increasing question what their role in our cities is and should be. In a recent Streetsblog post, SLU professor Kafui Attoh explained why the protests have in particular laid bare the structural racism…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: June 2020
The New Labor Forum has a monthly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. In his introduction to Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter, the poet Martin Espada writes: “I see the…
