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Statement on Derek Chauvin’s Prison Sentence for the Murder of George Floyd
There are three words to keep in mind as to Derek Chauvin’s prison sentence: severity, rarity, and legitimacy. Americans will judge this sentence, based on both the severity of the sentence and the rarity of punishing police, to determine its legitimacy. This rarity of police accountability and the modest severity of the Chauvin sentence in no …
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Watch the Virtual Event – Achieving Our Country: A Keynote Conversation with Reggie Hudlin
This session features a keynote conversation with Reginald Hudlin, President of Hudlin Entertainment and Honorary Co-Chair of “Achieving Our Country.” Prof. Cornell William Brooks moderates the conversation. “Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism” is created for activists, advocates, academics, and artists who work at the grassroots level, to teach advocacy skills and create …
Statement on the Observance of Juneteenth
On the 156th observance of Juneteenth, the community of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice remembers the resilience of formerly enslaved Africans, the evils of slavery, and the concomitant anti-black violence that impacts Black people today. History reminds us that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1st, 1863. That proclamation …
One Year After George Floyd’s Murder: Courageous Witnesses Birth A Movement
One year ago today George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, after being arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit money in a convenience store. The moral witness of 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, using her steady hand and cellphone camera, broadcast the horrendous scene as the officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for …
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Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism
A Virtual Social Justice Convening of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice May 20-21, 2021 This convening is created for activists, advocates, academics and artists who work at the grassroots level, to teach advocacy skills and create a national coalition of social justice collaborators. This virtual convening, to be held on May 20th and …
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Statement on the Guilty Verdicts in the Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Murder of George Floyd
The verdicts in the historic trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd – guilty of second- and third-degree murder as well as second-degree manslaughter – ushers in palpable relief for the Floyd family, in particular, and millions of protestors who crowded streets and parks from Los Angeles to …
Remembering A Radical Life For Justice
Celebrating the 149th birthday of william monroe trotter April 7th, 2021 Join our panelists in a film screening of Birth of a Movement, and a panel discussion on the life and impact of William Monroe Trotter’s activism.
Good Trouble Lab
non-violient direct action teach-in open to all students of social justice Nov. 19, 2020 Although we have witnessed an unprecedented uprising of citizens in the fight for social justice through these past months, many of you may continue to wonder ‘what is it that I can do, and how can I do it?’ The William …
The Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis and Reverend CT Vivian
John Robert Lewis. Cordy Tindell Vivian. Two elders in the struggle for freedom and liberation have transitioned to the ancestral realm. From the ends of the earth, to the hearts of cities across our nation, from the mouths of liberals and conservatives, cries of anguish are heard across the country. Both men embodied nonviolent direct …
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