Guardado was shot roughly a day after deputies killed Terron Boone — the half-brother of a Black man found hanged in a California park the week prior. Though Guardado’s death hasn’t generated as much national media coverage as other police killings have, it’s given new energy to the movement against … [Read more...]
Public Citizen Launching Democracy Defender Training Program to Protect the Vote – No Experience Required
While COVID-19 cases continue to rise in states across the country, too many states lack critical resources to ensure safe and accessible voting this fall. We know that ramping up vote-by-mail, expanding early voting, and offering safe in-person voting on election day is possible, but only if we … [Read more...]
Black Environmentalists Are Organizing to Save the Planet From Injustice
Shepard is part of the National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN), a national coalition of black environmental justice groups and grassroots activists founded in 1991. Although the network took a hiatus in 2006 after executive director Damu Smith passed away, the network just announced … [Read more...]
Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice
Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn't lack is pollution. Near North, where Queen lives, is one of several neighborhoods that make up north Minneapolis, an area that is predominately Black and is surrounded by a large number of polluting facilities and … [Read more...]
Backbone Campaign Fundamental Right to Food Events, June 26, July 1, online
Food is a basic need, and healthy local food should be a fundamental right. At the heart of the food system is the seed. Our current food system is so broken - in most all ways. Join Backbone for two events, this Friday and next Wednesday. We will talk about the effects of racism and … [Read more...]
Sunrise Movement Resources for Supporting Black Lives Matter Protests
Sunrise Movement, in recognition of the intersection between Black Lives Matter and Climate Change issues, has published a detailed 9-page guide for Taking Action for Black Lives. Included are ideas for how to support Black Lives Matter protests, talking points and how to be safe at protests. Access … [Read more...]
Sacred duty: Bring Sk’aliCh’elh-tenau home
Research by leading NAGPRA experts agree there is a strong case to be made that Sk’aliCh’elh-tenau qualifies for return under NAGPRA"Just to give a little background, under NAGPRA it requires the return of some Native American cultural items to the people that they came from. And Sk’aliCh’elh-tenau … [Read more...]
In Yakima County, as cases soar, community spread increasingly drives the coronavirus pandemic
Still, the novel coronavirus has continued to rage through the ranks of Yakima’s agricultural workers and the broader county population in a pandemic that health district officials believe to be increasingly driven by what happens outside of the workplace, where masks are often not worn in stores … [Read more...]
The Supreme Court Put DACA’s Fate In The Hands Of Voters
On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can’t immediately end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. Created by President Barack Obama, DACA provides a shield against deportation for more than 700,000 undocumented immigrants who … [Read more...]
We’re Closer Than Ever To Progressive Tax Reform In Washington State
A new letter from Washington State economic and policy researchers makes a similar point, arguing strongly against austerity and for taxing the rich as the only responsible path to solving the crisis. Pointing out that “[s]ignificant cuts in government spending and investment in public projects and … [Read more...]
PHOTO ESSAY: JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION HONORS FIGHT FOR LIBERATION
An estimated 8,000 demonstrators turned out for Friday’s Juneteenth Freedom March hosted by King County Equity Now. The march commenced from 23rd and Union in the Central District, near the Beauty salon of DeCharlene Williams, the Seattle businesswoman credited with organizing the first official … [Read more...]
Why racial justice is climate justice
Many of the places that have been dealt the harshest blow by COVID-19 are simultaneously dealing with other serious threats to residents’ well-being. Even under the cover of the pandemic, environmental rollbacks and pipeline plans continue to threaten the health of people of color. Add to that the … [Read more...]
Washington’s Environmental Justice Task Force Considering Initial Recommendations
Since last fall, Washington’s 16-member Environmental Justice (EJ) Task Force and many more volunteers have been hard at work collecting data and generating ideas for recommendations on how state agencies can incorporate environmental justice principles into their work. Advocacy by Front and … [Read more...]
King County Board of Health declares racism a crisis
Along with the proclamation, the county’s health authority pledged to work more closely with community leaders to dismantle racism and disparate health effects for communities of color. Social, physical and economic conditions all play a part in determining whether someone thrives, or is unhealthy … [Read more...]
For Native Americans, voting rights were hard-won. Mail-in voting could undo the gains.
While Montana as a state saw record primary turnout on June 2 — more than 389,000 ballots cast, compared with 293,000 in the 2016 primary, according to Montana Public Radio — the three counties with the lowest turnout were all home to Native American tribes including the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, … [Read more...]
CLIMATE IN THE COURTS: THE GOOD, NOT-SO-GOOD, AND THE UGLY
A roundup of US legal issues related to climate change. It’s past time for a roundup of US legal issues related to climate change. With apologies to Sergio Leone, a look at climate in the courts is organized here as the Good, the Not-So-Good, and the Ugly. Read more here. … [Read more...]
It’s not so hard to imagine a life without police
Scholars, writers and activists have long considered this possibility. Many, including Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Angela Davis and Alex S. Vitale, have developed sophisticated theories about a life without both police and prisons, two institutions joined in a symbiotic relationship. But never in … [Read more...]
What the data say about police brutality and racial bias — and which reforms might work
And although researchers are encouraged by the momentum for change, some are also concerned that, without ample evidence to support new policies, leaders might miss the mark. Many have been arguing for years about the need for better data on the use of force by the police in the United States, and … [Read more...]
Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery – Screening #2
During the last two weeks people of conscience across the globe are speaking, and gathering together to address the pervasive oppression that has been a daily reality for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color for centuries. We know that the roots of these injustices go deep and are a part of the … [Read more...]
The Indian System Film Screening
Hosted by the Learning Right Relations group (Olympia). The Indian System Sunday, June 21, 2020 / Time: 1:00 – 3:15 pm (Pacific time) Zoom film screening. Sheldon P Wolfchild, producer and director of The Indian System, will introduce the film and join the audience after the … [Read more...]
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