Forward Together’s latest “Mamas Day” project features works that recognize mothers from marginalized groups with a compassion not often seen in Mother’s Day cards.
Veteran activist and educator Terry Keleher dreams of a world where white moms fight the police violence of their own kids. A new toolkit from the group Showing Up for Racial Justice might just be a real start.
Journalist and documentarian Deborah “Big Red” Cotton was one of the 19 people wounded in the tragic shooting during a “second line” Mother’s Day parade yesterday. In total, ten men, seven women and two 10-year-old children were injured. Cotton had just launched her own website NewOrleansGoodGood.com, which highlights off-the-beaten path restaurants and attractions normally ignored by mainstream media.
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Florida shooting victim Trayvon Martin, released a video asking parents to support the Second Chance on Shoot First campaign, a national partnership working to reform, repeal and prevent passage of new Florida-style “Shoot First” laws around the country.
One young undocumented activists is tired of politicians talking about the “poor choices” of immigrant parents. So she gave her mom a chance to set the record straight.
