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- Eliminating Poverty
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Zora! Festival celebrates culture, preservation wins for historic Black community
Every January for more than a quarter century, the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) has called thousands of people together from across the globe to celebrate the extraordinary writer, folklorist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston in the place that raised her, the town of Eatonville, Florida — the first self-governing, all-Black municipality in the…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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My Legacy: Balancing Native American Heritage Month, voting and Thanksgiving
Writing anything for Native American Heritage Month is complicated. My identity is at the heart of this blog post, and that is complicated. I am a settler and Indigenous. Should I choose, I could enroll in the Daughters of the American Revolution for an ancestor many generations removed. Yet, I can’t enroll in the Ponca…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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On Election Day, cast a ballot with confidence, because we’ve got your back
Every election season, we witness the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement playing out in real time. From Jackson, Mississippi, to Selma, Alabama, to Atlanta, voters will make their voices heard across the Deep South on Election Day. In so many of our states, the right to vote continues to be a vital tool for…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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Beyond the Ballot Box: Reigniting the desire for change and accountability
As a community organizer for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Louisiana, seeing the decline in civic participation has been both upsetting and alarming to me. When we noticed that many Black voters in the state are registered, but aren’t showing up to vote, we quickly realized we had to step in to remind people…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Hate & Extremism
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10 ways to respond when a hate crime or incident occurs in your community
When hate crimes or hate incidents occur, everyone has a stake in ensuring an effective response. Individuals and communities must be prepared. For example, the most recent FBI hate crime report documented record-high levels of hate violence in the U.S. But how should you and your community respond? With October designated by the Southern Poverty…
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- LGBTQ Rights
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Pride Month 2024: How to be an effective ally for the LGBTQ+ community
As we celebrate Pride Month this June, allies can be a powerful source of support for the LGBTQ+ community. A recent four-year project by the Harvard Business Review found that three components are commonly cited by LGBTQ+ people for effective allyship: being accepting, having humility and taking action. Here are some suggestions to help ensure…
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AAPI Heritage Month highlights a community balancing diversity and solidarity
When I started writing Exclusion and the Chinese American Story (Penguin Random House; Crown Books for Young Readers), I often found myself wondering if I was Chinese American enough to be telling these stories. Through the process, however, it became very clear that there is, of course, no one way to be Chinese American. As…
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- Hate & Extremism
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AAPI Heritage Month: A reflection on the progress made and the work ahead
May 20 marked the third anniversary of the enactment of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, one of the most significant pieces of legislation designed to improve federal hate crime reporting. I still vividly remember the tragic events leading to the signing of this major legislation by President Joe Biden. At the onset of the pandemic,…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Losing the Lost Cause: Virginia should reject Confederacy, honor true history
The Shenandoah County School Board’s vote reverting the names of Honey Run Elementary School and Mountain View High School to names that honor Confederate generals shows an ignorance of American and Virginian history. The decision warrants a review of the history of the Civil War and an examination of how the United States came to…
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Five ways you can participate in the election process
The 2024 presidential election is just months away. Why not help by volunteering as a changemaker in this vital election? While voting is certainly the most important way to participate in elections, you can do so much more. “Joining in all phases of the election process helps strengthen our democracy, one person at a time,”…