by Judy Helfand As the Black Lives Matter movement continues to unfold, I’ve been thrashing about, asking myself what I should do, what I can do, what I want to do. Are #BlackLivesMatter leaders asking for particular support from white people? Does this apparent national upheaval require more from me …
by Lilith Rogers Sandra Bland was a loving, compassionate woman smart, spirited, with a thirst for life her family said. She had a bright future ahead. And now she’s dead. What did she do? Failed to use a turn signal on the wrong stretch of road deep in the heart …
by Adrienne Maree Brown it is our duty to fight for our freedom it is our duty to win we must love each other and protect each other we have nothing to lose but our chains – assata shakur first, we must love ourselves enough to believe in the fundamental …
5 Ways to Take Action after Charleston & Making Connections to Police Violence by Isaac Lev Szmonko Before Dylann Storm Roof took the lives of 9 Black people at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston Wednesday, he said, “I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking …
by Judy Helfand Attending the conference Geography of Hope: Women and the Land at Pt. Reyes Station, I received another lesson in how the system of white supremacy is simultaneously harming all of us and blocking out the remedies to the problems created. I signed up for the conference lured …
Speak Out has put together a resource page to help folks better understand this historic moment for racial justice and and to get involved. Asking, “Have you wondered what you might have done if you’d been around during the Civil Rights movement? Or if you had been active, what is …
by David Christopher A few weeks ago I went to return a can of food at the store (I had gotten the wrong kind of sauce than I’d intended for holiday party preparations). I went right up to the one of the checkers after walking in, since I didn’t want …
“All I can say is that I have never seen anything remotely like this. It has been exciting, scary, challenging, but most of all empowering. And things are only growing from here.” Report by Carl Patrick The most important thing to remember when analyzing the protests that have erupted in …
by Bianca Licata Fourth in a Five-Part Series. Part One of this series “A Mother’s ‘Dilemma’ and School Segregation,” which looks at segregation between Hispanic and white students in Sonoma county, illustrated how current attitudes and policies affect white parents, leading them to make choices that increase segregation in the …
by Z Recently, in a discussion about anti-racist work, we talked about how white “friends” seem to disappear when the topic turns to race. It is surprising to find out how much fear and taboo there is around this subject. What did your parents teach you about race? Were there …