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It’s a time to shift the narrative, reclaim the deeper meaning of democracy, and elevate the power of culture to shape what comes next.
The Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy—a national pulse point for multiracial democracy and cross-racial solidarity—starts TODAY!
#CWA25
The Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy—a national pulse point for multiracial democracy and cross-racial solidarity—starts TODAY!
#CWA25
Culture unites us. And artists and creatives have always been central to culture making.
Few understand this better than the award-winning artist and comedian @alokvmenon.bsky.social.
Few understand this better than the award-winning artist and comedian @alokvmenon.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Culture unites us. And artists and creatives have always been central to culture making.
Few understand this better than the award-winning artist and comedian @alokvmenon.bsky.social.
Few understand this better than the award-winning artist and comedian @alokvmenon.bsky.social.
Join @blackskyweb.xyz for “Digital Misogynoir + How to Report it on Blacksky” 11/14, 7PMEST on @stream.place. This event is part of @raceforward.org + CTWO’s Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy!
#CWA25 #LiberatoryLeadership #CTWOxRACEFORWARD
#CWA25 #LiberatoryLeadership #CTWOxRACEFORWARD
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Race Forward is proud to have Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as our Presenting Sponsor for #JustNarratives. As a leading national philanthropy, @rwjf.org believes in the power of narrative to dismantle structural racism and other barriers to health.
Learn more at www.rwjf.org.
Learn more at www.rwjf.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Race Forward is proud to have Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as our Presenting Sponsor for #JustNarratives. As a leading national philanthropy, @rwjf.org believes in the power of narrative to dismantle structural racism and other barriers to health.
Learn more at www.rwjf.org.
Learn more at www.rwjf.org.
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📆 If you’ll be in St. Louis next week for the @raceforward.org Just Narratives conference - come to my session and let’s geek out on Counter Narratives together.
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
📆 If you’ll be in St. Louis next week for the @raceforward.org Just Narratives conference - come to my session and let’s geek out on Counter Narratives together.
It’s a time to shift the narrative, reclaim the deeper meaning of democracy, and elevate the power of culture to shape what comes next.
The Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy—a national pulse point for multiracial democracy and cross-racial solidarity—starts TODAY!
#CWA25
The Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy—a national pulse point for multiracial democracy and cross-racial solidarity—starts TODAY!
#CWA25
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s a time to shift the narrative, reclaim the deeper meaning of democracy, and elevate the power of culture to shape what comes next.
The Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy—a national pulse point for multiracial democracy and cross-racial solidarity—starts TODAY!
#CWA25
The Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy—a national pulse point for multiracial democracy and cross-racial solidarity—starts TODAY!
#CWA25
By bridging our differences and honoring our truths, we can strengthen this country—so that “liberty and justice for all” includes every one of us.
The Cultural Week of Action is our chance to build the country to which we aspire and know is possible.
Here are the 5 goals to #CWA25.
The Cultural Week of Action is our chance to build the country to which we aspire and know is possible.
Here are the 5 goals to #CWA25.
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
By bridging our differences and honoring our truths, we can strengthen this country—so that “liberty and justice for all” includes every one of us.
The Cultural Week of Action is our chance to build the country to which we aspire and know is possible.
Here are the 5 goals to #CWA25.
The Cultural Week of Action is our chance to build the country to which we aspire and know is possible.
Here are the 5 goals to #CWA25.
There's still time for you to organize your own event for this year's Cultural Week of Action. Our starters toolkit offers everything–from brainstorming questions to detailed planning assets–to help you create an event that connects culture to policy and deepens community power.
#CWA25
#CWA25
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There's still time for you to organize your own event for this year's Cultural Week of Action. Our starters toolkit offers everything–from brainstorming questions to detailed planning assets–to help you create an event that connects culture to policy and deepens community power.
#CWA25
#CWA25
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Turn tactical wins into cultural transformation. Turn cultural transformation into structural infrastructure. Turn structural infrastructure into anti-authoritarian power.
Every campaign is a democracy lab. Today is a day for organizing.
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/connecting...
Every campaign is a democracy lab. Today is a day for organizing.
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/connecting...
Connecting Tactical Organizing to Democratic Infrastructure
A Counter-Strategy to Authoritarianism
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Turn tactical wins into cultural transformation. Turn cultural transformation into structural infrastructure. Turn structural infrastructure into anti-authoritarian power.
Every campaign is a democracy lab. Today is a day for organizing.
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/connecting...
Every campaign is a democracy lab. Today is a day for organizing.
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/connecting...
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Today is Election Day in Texas and across the country.
Let me be clear: every single election matters. Not just the “big” ones. Every. Single. One.
So if you haven’t voted yet, grab your ID, call a friend, and make your plan to get to the polls.
Find your polling location at vote.org
Let me be clear: every single election matters. Not just the “big” ones. Every. Single. One.
So if you haven’t voted yet, grab your ID, call a friend, and make your plan to get to the polls.
Find your polling location at vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
vote.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today is Election Day in Texas and across the country.
Let me be clear: every single election matters. Not just the “big” ones. Every. Single. One.
So if you haven’t voted yet, grab your ID, call a friend, and make your plan to get to the polls.
Find your polling location at vote.org
Let me be clear: every single election matters. Not just the “big” ones. Every. Single. One.
So if you haven’t voted yet, grab your ID, call a friend, and make your plan to get to the polls.
Find your polling location at vote.org
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Today on #ElectionDay, millions of people are coming together as voters — across colors, cultures, and communities — to demand a future where we all have the freedom to be ourselves, take care for our families, and thrive.
Find your voting info and be a voter today: vote.org
Find your voting info and be a voter today: vote.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today on #ElectionDay, millions of people are coming together as voters — across colors, cultures, and communities — to demand a future where we all have the freedom to be ourselves, take care for our families, and thrive.
Find your voting info and be a voter today: vote.org
Find your voting info and be a voter today: vote.org
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Today is Election Day, and a crucial election is happening in Pennsylvania.
3 justices on the state supreme court are facing retention votes that could influence rulings on abortion, redistricting, and voting rights for years to come. msmagazine.com/2025/10/22/p...
3 justices on the state supreme court are facing retention votes that could influence rulings on abortion, redistricting, and voting rights for years to come. msmagazine.com/2025/10/22/p...
Why the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Matters—and How to Make Your Voice Heard in the Ongoing Election
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Matters. How to Vote in the Justice Retention Election: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht
msmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today is Election Day, and a crucial election is happening in Pennsylvania.
3 justices on the state supreme court are facing retention votes that could influence rulings on abortion, redistricting, and voting rights for years to come. msmagazine.com/2025/10/22/p...
3 justices on the state supreme court are facing retention votes that could influence rulings on abortion, redistricting, and voting rights for years to come. msmagazine.com/2025/10/22/p...
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Thousands of young voters on Virginia college campuses want to make their voices heard in today’s election, but too many of them are at risk of being disenfranchised by Virginia policies that are restricting students’ access to the ballot.
Civil rights groups accuse Virginia officials of illegally blocking campus voters • Virginia Mercury
Civil-rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit in Virginia alleging that state and local election officials are unlawfully rejecting student voter registration forms because they lack dormitory name...
virginiamercury.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thousands of young voters on Virginia college campuses want to make their voices heard in today’s election, but too many of them are at risk of being disenfranchised by Virginia policies that are restricting students’ access to the ballot.
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The fight against authoritarianism IS the fight for economic justice, racial equity, gender liberation, and environmental survival.
Democracy as Infrastructure
A Call to Action for Progressive Leaders
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The fight against authoritarianism IS the fight for economic justice, racial equity, gender liberation, and environmental survival.
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The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
In a moment when public institutions are being weaponized against equity, the Governing for Racial Equity (GRE) training helps public sector professionals normalize equity as a core value, operationalize it through policy, and organize for change across departments.
RSVP to join us, bit.ly/RF-GRE
RSVP to join us, bit.ly/RF-GRE
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In a moment when public institutions are being weaponized against equity, the Governing for Racial Equity (GRE) training helps public sector professionals normalize equity as a core value, operationalize it through policy, and organize for change across departments.
RSVP to join us, bit.ly/RF-GRE
RSVP to join us, bit.ly/RF-GRE
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✨ NEW on the Solidarity Is This podcast - we explore the challenging terrain of movement conflict with co-host Adaku Utah and Tamika Middleton (Women's March), Mike Ishii (Tsuru for Solidarity) and Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez (Foundation for a Just Society).
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
✨ NEW on the Solidarity Is This podcast - we explore the challenging terrain of movement conflict with co-host Adaku Utah and Tamika Middleton (Women's March), Mike Ishii (Tsuru for Solidarity) and Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez (Foundation for a Just Society).
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Rising costs for #housing, essentials, and education are reshaping the choices of young Americans. In a new U.S. News & World Report op-ed, Urban President Sarah Rosen Wartell shares 4 key #strategies to tackle the #affordability crisis & keep the American Dream alive. https://urbn.is/3Lfia12
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Rising costs for #housing, essentials, and education are reshaping the choices of young Americans. In a new U.S. News & World Report op-ed, Urban President Sarah Rosen Wartell shares 4 key #strategies to tackle the #affordability crisis & keep the American Dream alive. https://urbn.is/3Lfia12
"We've always used art and culture as a way to imagine something different."
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"We've always used art and culture as a way to imagine something different."
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
As division and fear are being weaponized, culture reminds us that an inclusive multiracial democracy is not abstract—it's lived.
#CWA25 will bring together artists, storytellers, and cultural strategists to share bold visions, creative resistance, and the power of narrative to move us forward.
#CWA25 will bring together artists, storytellers, and cultural strategists to share bold visions, creative resistance, and the power of narrative to move us forward.
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As division and fear are being weaponized, culture reminds us that an inclusive multiracial democracy is not abstract—it's lived.
#CWA25 will bring together artists, storytellers, and cultural strategists to share bold visions, creative resistance, and the power of narrative to move us forward.
#CWA25 will bring together artists, storytellers, and cultural strategists to share bold visions, creative resistance, and the power of narrative to move us forward.
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#tdih 1963 Freedom Day: massive (200,000+) student boycott & demonstration against segregated schools (decade AFTER Brown v. Board) & inadequate resources for African American students in Chicago.
CRM in the North.
Read ⬇️ & watch 63 Boycott doc. More #tdih🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/19...
CRM in the North.
Read ⬇️ & watch 63 Boycott doc. More #tdih🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/19...
Oct. 22, 1963: Chicago School Boycott
The Chicago Public School Boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#tdih 1963 Freedom Day: massive (200,000+) student boycott & demonstration against segregated schools (decade AFTER Brown v. Board) & inadequate resources for African American students in Chicago.
CRM in the North.
Read ⬇️ & watch 63 Boycott doc. More #tdih🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/19...
CRM in the North.
Read ⬇️ & watch 63 Boycott doc. More #tdih🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/19...
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The DACA case is moving forward, and we know you need clear, accurate information about what to expect. Swipe through for the timeline, key legal terms explained, and what's happening now.
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The DACA case is moving forward, and we know you need clear, accurate information about what to expect. Swipe through for the timeline, key legal terms explained, and what's happening now.
Stories, perceptions, and clichés all play a role in shaping our worldview. That's why we need new narratives to change how we understand systemic racism.
Join us for a new training on narrative change, and see how you can be an advocate for racial equity. https://bit.ly/NarrativeChangeLL10-29
Join us for a new training on narrative change, and see how you can be an advocate for racial equity. https://bit.ly/NarrativeChangeLL10-29
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Stories, perceptions, and clichés all play a role in shaping our worldview. That's why we need new narratives to change how we understand systemic racism.
Join us for a new training on narrative change, and see how you can be an advocate for racial equity. https://bit.ly/NarrativeChangeLL10-29
Join us for a new training on narrative change, and see how you can be an advocate for racial equity. https://bit.ly/NarrativeChangeLL10-29
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Run submissions for Back to Black are officially OPEN!!
Come showcase Black excellence in speedrunning for GDQ - Black in a Flash's amazing event, benefitting Race Forward
*Submissions close Nov. 7th at 11:59PM ET
gdq.gg/submit
#blackspeedrunning #blackJoy #charity #livestreams
Come showcase Black excellence in speedrunning for GDQ - Black in a Flash's amazing event, benefitting Race Forward
*Submissions close Nov. 7th at 11:59PM ET
gdq.gg/submit
#blackspeedrunning #blackJoy #charity #livestreams
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Run submissions for Back to Black are officially OPEN!!
Come showcase Black excellence in speedrunning for GDQ - Black in a Flash's amazing event, benefitting Race Forward
*Submissions close Nov. 7th at 11:59PM ET
gdq.gg/submit
#blackspeedrunning #blackJoy #charity #livestreams
Come showcase Black excellence in speedrunning for GDQ - Black in a Flash's amazing event, benefitting Race Forward
*Submissions close Nov. 7th at 11:59PM ET
gdq.gg/submit
#blackspeedrunning #blackJoy #charity #livestreams
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Our courts shape the rules of our democracy — who can vote, who has power, and whose rights are protected. We can’t afford judges who serve politics over people. #CourtsMatter
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our courts shape the rules of our democracy — who can vote, who has power, and whose rights are protected. We can’t afford judges who serve politics over people. #CourtsMatter
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🚨 ACTION ALERT
The Election Assistance Commission has been asked to amend the federal voter registration form to require unnecessary documentation of citizenship when registering to vote.
21 million eligible voters do not readily have access to any proof of citizenship. This is voter suppression.
The Election Assistance Commission has been asked to amend the federal voter registration form to require unnecessary documentation of citizenship when registering to vote.
21 million eligible voters do not readily have access to any proof of citizenship. This is voter suppression.
No New Jim Crow! Protect the Right to Vote - Advancement Project
advancementproject.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🚨 ACTION ALERT
The Election Assistance Commission has been asked to amend the federal voter registration form to require unnecessary documentation of citizenship when registering to vote.
21 million eligible voters do not readily have access to any proof of citizenship. This is voter suppression.
The Election Assistance Commission has been asked to amend the federal voter registration form to require unnecessary documentation of citizenship when registering to vote.
21 million eligible voters do not readily have access to any proof of citizenship. This is voter suppression.