Their legacy reminds us that liberation movements are strongest when they center those most impacted, a principle deeply aligned with C.T.T. C.O.T.T.O.N. — Collective Organizing Toward Transformative Outcomes Now.

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U.S. government to expand public school breakfast programs nationwide.

This is a powerful example of community care as political action, a model that continues to guide C.T.T. C.O.T.T.O.N. — Collective Organizing Toward Transformative Outcomes Now.

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His legacy is a reminder that Black LGBTQ+ leadership has always been central, not peripheral, to liberation movements — a lineage COTTON continues today.

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Despite facing discrimination for being openly gay, Rustin trained thousands in nonviolent direct action and built the entire logistical backbone of the march that lifted Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech into history.

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The Collective—made up of Black lesbian activists—introduced the concept of interlocking oppressions, which later became known as intersectionality. Their work directly informs the foundations of Black LGBTQ+ organizing models like COTTON today.

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civil rights organizing.

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