Archive for August 2021
Race and Power Postponed to December 2022
Due to the continued spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the Race and Power in America Summit until December 2022. Please know we don’t make this decision lightly. We consider the Race and Power Summit to be a central part of our fight for racial…
Read MoreSr. Cheryl Liske on life as an organizer
Spanish Transcript: Cynthia: Saludos a todos los que estén viendo este video en este momento. Mi nombre es la Rev. Cynthia Jarrold. Soy una alta asesora para estrategias de financiamiento y asuntos externos para la Red Gamaliel y he formado parte de la red por poco más de diez años. Estamos hoy aquí porque Gamaliel…
Read MoreTransformational Justice in Action plans social media action, virtual town hall
Transformational Justice in Action is holding two actions in Autumn 2021 in support of our effort to restore voting rights to people with conviction histories. The first is a month-long social media action to raise awareness of our #UnlockTheVote campaign leading up to the second, a virtual Town Hall on October 1. This Town Hall…
Read MoreGamaliel Statement on the Death of Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, as well as to his sisters and brothers in the labor movement. A coal-miner and member of the United Mine Workers—like his father before him—and the grandson of immigrants, President Trumka never forgot his roots as he rose to power in…
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