May Day: A Fight for People, Power and A New Narrative
On May 1—International Worker’s Day, organizers, educators, social justice organizations, and everyday people and workers will fight this harmful public narrative and demand that we put workers over billionaires.
Momentum Bonus Episode - Fair Housing at a Crossroads
In this bonus episode of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, we take a closer look at the state of housing in the United States nearly 60 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act and why this moment demands renewed urgency.
We hear from Nathan Cheung, Communications Manager for Housing Now California, and Andreanecia M. Morris, Executive Director of Housing Louisiana, who bring this moment into focus through lived experience and on the ground advocacy.
Special thanks to Ryan Curren, Director of Housing, Land, and Development at Race Forward, for his contribution to this episode.
Movement-Builders You Should Know
Here we spotlight 24 women organizers – past and present – whose work we invite you to learn more about. The represent different generations and different fights, but each helped construct the foundation of movements that continue to challenge structural racism, economic inequality, and environmental harm in the United States.
The Builders of Movements
Celebrating the women who have helped shape what justice looks like in education, civil rights, disability visibility and climate.
Dangerous Memories: Dorothy Cotton and Juneteenth Teach-Ins For Action
Emancipation Day Celebration band, June 19, 1900.
In what ways can memory, history, and collective vision inform the necessary pathways that we must create in order to build multiracial democratic power? In “The Long History of Juneteenth,” we ground ourselves within analyses of the historical origins and impacts of Juneteenth and its enduring applications for today.
Hosts:
Dr. Charlene Sinclair (Former Editor, Colorlines)
Dr. Terry Anne Scott (Director, The Institute for Common Power)
Presenters:
Dr. Terry Anne Scott (Director, The Institute for Common Power)
Brianna Brown (Co-Executive Director, Texas Organizing Project)
Attacks on Public Education Threaten the Legacy of Brown
By Avis Weathersbee
Brown turns 70 on May 17, but the vision of a robust and equitable public education system may yet be a dream deferred. Many education experts said the current wave of politicized offensives against a system already under stress pushes public schools toward a tipping point.
Women Transcend
Formerly Incarcerated Women Stand Tall
and Show the Way to Collective Power-building
Untold stories of resilience, impact and transformation are illuminated in Women Transcend, Colorlines’ multimedia and storytelling initiative that disrupts deeply ingrained ideas and value systems around crime and punishment. The Women Transcend film and companion pieces reject harmful narratives that service systems of perpetual punishment, and challenge all of us to see those who are deemed “unredeemable” as guiding lights to systemic change and reform. The film was produced in collaboration with formerly incarcerated Black women activists and leaders.
Explainers
Breaking down big ideas about race, power, and democracy. View all explainers
Organizing Stories
Stories of our journeys through life and organizing. View all stories.
Community Conversations
A variety of voices gathered in conversation in living rooms and around the kitchen table. View all community conversations
Supreme Court Case on Affirmative Action, Explained
We asked our friends at the Advancement Project to help us understand what this case means for the future of affirmative action, what is at stake and what we can do. Watch as Carmen Daugherty, Deputy Executive Director, Advancement Project helps us place the case and the subsequent decision of the Court in historical and contemporary context. Watch now
What is Collective Power and How Do We Build It? An Explainer with Maurice Mitchell
Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell explains the vitality of collective power. Watch now.
What is Healing Justice? An Explainer with Cara Page and Erica Woodland
Cara Page and Erica Woodard establish foundational contexts and principles for understanding Healing Justice as a political framework for collective liberation. Watch now.
Should Racial Justice Movements Give up on Government? An Explainer with Eric K. Ward
Race Forward Executive Vice President Eric K. Ward argues for the importance of incubating governance through formal institutions of government, as spaces that must be directly contested in order to achieve a truly inclusive, multiracial society. Watch now.
From our Partners
Pushing Back Against The Rise of Christian Nationalism Through Faith with Obery Hendricks, Ph.D
On this episode of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, Obery Hendricks, Ph.D., one of the most influential Black biblical scholars writing today, and Race Forward’s Chief of Staff Charlene Sinclair, Ph.D., who herself fashions strategies that embrace a liberationist approach to faith and spirituality for racial and economic justice, discuss the immediacy of pushing back against the spread of Christian Nationalism and the urgency of creating narratives based on the gospel’s “true teachings” to reflect the ongoing political moment and fight for progressive policies that stay true to the bible’s "liberationist ideals".