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Tag Archives: Civil rights movement
Out of L.A.- FICPM Will Register 1 Million Voters Opposed to Mass Incarceration
When a young woman from Arizona asked how she could get her voting rights restored, she heard a blunt reply: “We don’t need you to get your rights restored. We need you to get together with other folks and work … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Our Allies
To Our Friends, Comrades, Families, and Allies: No matter how you refer to yourselves, you are the ones who kept us going when we needed support. Although you may not have stood before the judge and had your name called … Continue reading
Registration Now Open for FICPM National Conference- Nov. 2nd
The Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement (FICPM) will host its inaugural national conference on November 2nd, 2011 in Los Angeles, with the primary task of ratifying a national agenda that illustrates the Full Restoration of Civil and Human Rights … Continue reading
Uppity Advocates vs. Those Who Have Taken a Physical Beating?
This weekend I was in a public discussion about Movement Building, held at the Launchpad gallery in Brooklyn. A man asked a classic question within the world of activism, experts, and nonprofit organizations: “What do you say to the organizations … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged activists, advocates, Brooklyn, brown university, Civil rights movement, daryl atkinson, Incarceration, ivory tower, john jay college, launchpad, movement building, Prison, prison legal news, Prison-Industrial Complex, Prison–industrial complex, Ruth Simmons, United States, WORTH
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From Brooklyn to Oakland: April 23rd Events Stoke the Movement
Across the nation, activists and organizations are coordinating The Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement. This Saturday, April 23rd, there will be evenings of testimony, artistry, solidarity and movement building. Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH) is collaborating with … Continue reading
Posted in Actions
Tagged Activism, All of Us or None, Brooklyn, California, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Linda Evans, New York City, Prison-Industrial Complex, San Francisco Bay Area, Tina Reynolds, United States
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65 Million “Need Not Apply” – Is it Time for Boycotts?
A report released yesterday by National Employment Law Project (NELP) confirms that many companies are instituting blanket bans on hiring people with criminal records, including those with misdemeanors. Creating what is an public safety issue and, if reforms are not … Continue reading
Posted in prison economics, Rehabilitation
Tagged ABM Industries, Ban the Box, Bank of America, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, criminal record, discrimination, drug war, EEOC, Employment, Formerly incarcerated, Hilda Solis, Human rights, Lincoln Chafee, litigation, Lowes, ManPower, National Employment Law Project, NELP, Peter Kilmartin, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island, Title VII, United States, United States Secretary of Labor
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Georgia D.O.C. Wages Retaliation Campaign In Wake of 2010 Strike
Correspondence between Atlanta Attorney Mario Williams of Williams Oinonen LLC, (representing several brutalized inmates) and the Georgia Department of Corrections, along with documents from Open Records Requests, reveal disturbing patterns and unanswered questions as to the DOC’s actions and … Continue reading
Posted in Prison Conditions
Tagged Beatings, Black Agenda Report, Brutality, Civil rights movement, Corrections officer, Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections, Health, Human rights, Justice for Miguel, Miguel Jackson, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, The Ordinary People Society, TOPS
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Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement Arises!
Alabama represents the answer to a clarion call. This is a call that speaks to us in our own voice; clear, loud and urgent. A voice that speaks to our identity and emanates from the soul, ringing true both in … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, Innocence, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, prison economics, Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged Activism, Alabama, Alabame, All of Us or None, Ban the Box, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, Selma Alabama, voting rights
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Latest “Ban the Box” Battleground: RI on Tuesday.
At the Rhode Island Statehouse this Tuesday, civil rights and social justice advocates will be making a stand for an anti-discrimination trend that is sweeping the nation: “Ban the Box.” This box on job applications, asking if one has been … Continue reading
Are you in a job or a Movement?
In the world of social justice there is a frequent reference to “The Movement.” For those weary of being characterized as a “Lefty,” they may still refer to “a movement” or “movements” in recognition of ideas taking hold at a … Continue reading →