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Black Panther Fred Hampton, Chicago 1969 |
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Black Lives Matter protest following George Floyd’s death, 2020 |
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Martin Luther King, 1965 Selma Alabama Freedom March |
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Protest against police violence in Atlanta, GA, 2020 |
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“The new dawn balloons as we free it.
For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Glad to be in this community of activists who are brave enough to be it.
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Color of Change’s Pedestal Project is born of the vision to repurpose these ill-conceived pedestals by using technology to help people choose the statues that should go up on them. Statues of people who have dedicated their lives to fighting for justice and equality. So that beacons of hope and progress can stand where symbols of hate, oppression and inequality once stood. And that people everywhere can have an active voice in the movement for racial justice.
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Out of 114 Supreme Court justices, three have been justices of color and four have been womxn. There has never been a Black woman justice.
Black women show up for democracy. Elevating a Black woman who is committed to ending police violence and protecting our voting, healthcare, and reproductive rights to the Supreme Court is crucial to the future of our communities and our country. She will rise.
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The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart, written by Alicia Garza, is an essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challenges of our time, from one of the country’s leading organizers and a co-creator of Black Lives Matter.
“In a year when a long-overdue reckoning with racism is once again in the spotlight, Garza’s call to action . . . is urgent and critically necessary.”—Time
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• February 11, 1978: Native American activists launched The Longest Walk, a 3,200-mile spiritual walk across the country to support tribal sovereignty and challenge anti-Indian legislation that limited water rights. • February 21, 1933: Singer, songwriter, pianist, and activist Nina Simone was born. • February 21, 1965: Malcolm X was assassinated in Harlem, New York • February 26, 2012: Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Florida by a neighborhood watch volunteer. |
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On the eve of International Women’s Day, Partners for Progressive Israel and its Women’s Initiative is honoring Lilly Rivlin, whose work gives visibility to women’s achievements and their fight for justice.
A renowned filmmaker, Lilly Rivlin uses her talents for Tikkun Olam—to “repair the world.” Her work underscores our historic Jewish obligation to promote and protect human rights, dignity, and the inclusion of all. Her presence on the Board of Partners for Progressive Israel since its inception has been vitally important. Through three decades—and continuing today—Lilly’s voice of protest in the face of injustice is still strong and ever-present.
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Arisha Michelle Hatch is the Vice President and Chief of Campaigns at Color Of Change, leading campaigns on civic engagement, voting rights, criminal justice, and corporate and media accountability.
Arisha is a leader and innovator in the racial justice movement, organizing Black People’s Brunches which brought together more than 12,500 people in 2018 and helping to set the organization’s agenda in 2019 and beyond. Since joining Color Of Change in 2012, she has ushered in some groundbreaking victories for Black communities: getting payment processors like Mastercard and PayPal to ban use of their platforms by white supremacists and persuading Saturday Night Live to add two Black women to its cast and writer’s room mid-season. Arisha worked as a lawyer and organizer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008. She later served as National Organizing Director of the Courage Campaign, which lays the groundwork for progressive change in California.
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When we organize, we can change the world. |
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We are so glad to be your partner in this movement for democracy and justice for all.
– Heather Booth, Lilly Rivlin, and the Film Team
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