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Comunidad Racial Justice

arrow  Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter is a global organization whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
racial justice
 
arrow  Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
 

arrow National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) The NAACP is the largest civil rights organization in the U.S with a mission to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

 

How to be an Advocate and Ally

arrow   Start from within. Learn more about implicit bias and microaggressions and how they may show up in your school and life.

arrow   Dialogue around recent events. Engage with others on The NY Times Learning Network's feature asking: What Is Your Reaction to the Days of Protest That Have Followed the Death of George Floyd?

arrow   YJC Action Resource Kit The Youth Justice Coalition's (YJC) goal is to dismantle policies and institutions that have ensured the massive lock-up of people of color by using transformative justice and community intervention/peacebuilding in direct action organizing, advocacy, political education, and activist arts. Check out YJC's Action Resource Kit 2020 to get informed and take meaningful action.