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Make an Impact: Celebrate Pride
5 Ways You Can Support Queer Liberation
By Neydin Milián
Pride Is More Than a Month – It's a Mentality
As June comes to a close, we simply cannot ignore the energy shift over the last week. I entered this Pride Month with a renewed sense of hope and peace, and unfortunately, I’m ending it in fear and rage.
By Alicia Smith
White Supremacy is the Foul Soup We All Swim In – and We’re Done Treading Water
We know creating lasting, equitable change is possible, and the time for business as usual has passed.
By Dana Vickers Shelley
How Black and Latinx Officers Blew the Whistle on Racism and Won
“People lost their jobs, some were demoted, some were driven out, and community members were killed.”
By Neydin Milián, Meredith Curtis Goode
Everything About My Black and Latina Identity is Beautiful
Often for Cultural Heritage Months, we try to highlight people whose experiences and identities shaped them into the activists they are today. Kristen is one of those phenomenal activists who does amazing work on the ground to push to reimagine policing and dismantle white supremacist structures.
Men Have Nine Pre-Release Centers. Women Have Zero.
This Women’s History Month, the ACLU wants to highlight a woman who is making a difference in her community and demanding equality for women entangled in the legal justice system. Qiana Johnson, Executive Director of Life After Release, is a formerly incarcerated person who has been advocating for pre-release centers for women preparing to return to their communities.
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