Building strength in numbers. Developing grassroots leaders. Raising independent money. Mapping power relationships. These are some of the key ingredients that go into building powerful community organizations that can win transformative change – which is why they’re core elements of the Alliance’s flagship Four-Day Organizer Training. Our training team has been leading the Four-Day programContinue reading “Learning in the Streets”
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Racial Segregation: Righting the Wrong and Making Restitution
At a time in history when crime continues to decline, same-sex marriage is legal, and innovation is powering advances in technology and bioengineering – one issue fails to progress: racial justice. The unemployment rate for African-Americans continues to be more than twice that of whites. Public schools are more segregated now than they were inContinue reading “Racial Segregation: Righting the Wrong and Making Restitution”
Voting Rights Restored
John Mahan never worried about voting, it didn’t seem important. He was young and he figured he had many years ahead of him to vote for politicians, and laws didn’t really seem to personally affect him anyway. Then, in 1986, the young Virginia man was arrested and convicted of a felony. Mahan was finally releasedContinue reading “Voting Rights Restored”
Prison Reform, a Step Toward Racial Equality and Respect
Last month, President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison as he begins pushing congress to reform the nation’s criminal justice system. Obama is urging meaningful sentencing reform, steps to reduce repeat offenders, and reform for the juvenile justice system to improve public safety, reduce runaway incarceration costs and makeContinue reading “Prison Reform, a Step Toward Racial Equality and Respect”
#BlackLivesMatter. #UnitedWeFight.
Saturday, a group of #BlackLivesMatter activists protested at a Seattle public event to celebrate decades of Social Security and Medicare. Our affiliate organization, Washington Community Action Network! was a cosponsor of the event. The event featured U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Sen. Sanders was unable to speak to the crowd because of the protest. The issuesContinue reading “#BlackLivesMatter. #UnitedWeFight.”
To Fight Racism, Protect the Right to Vote
“To Fight Racism, Protect the Right to Vote” by LeeAnn Hall, has appeared in these publications and websites: Common Dreams – July 29, 2015 The Alliance Review – August 5, 2015 The Floyd County Times (Kentucky) – July 30, 2015 Minuteman News Center – August 5, 2015 YubaNet (California) – July 29, 2015