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Marking the 57th Anniversary of the March on Washington

2020-08-28T22:14:59+00:0028 Aug, 2020|Advocacy, News, Uncategorized|

America loves anniversaries. In dysfunctional relationships, these are opportunities to celebrate the elapse of time and engage in selective nostalgia while rationalizing or ignoring the dysfunction. August 28th is one of those occasions. As we commemorate the 1963 March

55 years later: Why we’re still fighting for voting rights

2021-06-17T18:00:55+00:004 Aug, 2020|Advocacy, News, Uncategorized|

By Henry Koehler, Temporary Census Organizer Picture this: It's Sunday, March 7, 1965. A 25-year-old John Lewis packs his backpack - some fruit, a couple books, water, and a toothbrush - and throws it over his trench coat. He's

Juneteenth: Stories from Our Community

2020-06-26T21:17:16+00:0019 Jun, 2020|Advocacy, News|

Juneteenth — also known as Freedom Day — commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the state of Texas. This news arrived two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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