Posts Tagged ‘Protests’
Biden commends Milwaukee Bucks for protesting Jacob Blake shooting
The president says the team got others engaged in the political process as a result of taking a stand.
Read MoreThese Texas teens stayed silent about racism. Then their Black principal was suspended.
At Colleyville Heritage High in Texas, BIPOC students walked out of class to defend James Whitfield, their first Black principal. He has been accused by White school district officials of embracing critical race theory and is in danger of being fired. Whitfield, who is black, had created a diversity committee including students.
Read MoreWhy History Museums Are Convening a ‘Civic Season’
The Smithsonian Institute’s American History Museum decided to re-create the training experience of the nonviolent direct action workshops like those Reverend James Lawson had begun in 1959 in Nashville where he taught Ghandian tactics to eventual movement leaders like John Lewis and Diane Nash. Read about how complicated histories can be exhibited in museums in new, highly engaging ways and watch a 20 min. video of that play and audience participation.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up for Justice! – Black Lives Matter protesters make Palestinian struggle their own
BLM recently came out in support of Palestinians’ fight for liberation. A rally in New York City linking defunding the NYPD with ending aid to Israel highlights a growing awareness that these anti-colonial struggles connect us all.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – A Timeline of What Has Happened in the Year Since George Floyd’s Death
The country has both struggled to confront its history of racial division while continuing to succumb to it. Here’s a look back at all that has transpired since the killing of Mr. Floyd.
Read MoreUS police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse, data breach reveals
A data breach revealed that US police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Rittenhouse stands accused of murdering two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Nashville advocates press for change after two police shootings
The Nashville Organized for Action and Hope’s criminal justice task force held a press conference to address two police shootings in Nashville.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Police deployed potentially lethal chemical during Black Lives Matter protests
Even if federal agents and police never again fill the streets with clouds of toxic zinc chloride, the consequences of its prolific deployment may haunt cities for many years to come.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns
Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black men and women nationwide, an NPR investigation has found.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘We’re not stopping’: Community organizers are focusing on local policy changes for 2021
Entering into the new year of 2021 Wisconsin’s community organizers have vowed to keep pushing for meaningful, local change.
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