Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. One bill in particular can demonstrate support for meeting this moment in a reasonable, rational, and compassionate way: The current social movement, the largest in US history, is in response to problems that are centuries in the making—issues intractably tied to the horrors of settler colonialism and the enslavement of Black people in the United States. We can’t undo the trauma that has wreaked havoc on Black communities and bodies. Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Chairman Nadler, and Ranking Member Jordan:Cc: Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader SchumerRev. We can’t recover the lives lost to systemic anti-Blackness and heinous racial terror. Rev. The multi-racial, cross-generational protests across the United States have ushered in a national reckoning on structural racism—and a sea change in attitudes. Why We Can't Wait recounts not only the Birmingham campaign, but also examines the history of the civil rights struggle and the tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality for African Americans. Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law SchoolCalifornia Alliance for Youth and Community JusticeGlobal Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School (for affiliation purposes)Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University School of LawNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC)National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA)Sixth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal ChurchUSC Gould School of Law International Human Rights ClinicHuman Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
About some of the turning points in American history 50 … Please give now to support our workDear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Chairman Nadler, and Ranking Member Jordan:Cc: Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader SchumerRev. Letter: Why we can't wait for vaccine, herd immunity to stop virus The premise of a recent article about COVID-19 was that only 33% of people would get the vaccine. Rev. The multi-racial, cross-generational protests across the United States have ushered in a national reckoning on structural racism—and a sea change in attitudes. The letter reads: “Rev. The multi-racial, cross-generational protests across the United States have ushered in a national reckoning on structural racism—and a sea change in attitudes. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal text, “Why We Can’t Wait,” was written in 1963 and has emerged as more prescient than ever in this moment. A People in the US are now more eager than ever to pull back the curtain on institutions to see whether they have helped to advance or stall racial progress, and the US Congress is no exception. Martin Luther King, Jr's Why We Can't Wait is an excellent treatise on the race issues still facing our country 50 years ago - 100 years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The multi-racial, cross-generational protests across the United States have ushered in a national reckoning on structural racism—and a sea change in attitudes. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal text, “Why We Can’t Wait,” was written in 1963 and has emerged as more prescient than ever in this moment.
HR 40 would establish a commission to investigate the legacy of slavery and its ongoing harms as well as come up with proposals to Congress for redress and repair.HR 40 is simply a first and reasonable step—it is a commitment to truth-telling, studying and coming up with ideas to treat the disease, rather than a commitment to the treatment itself. We can’t recover the lives lost to systemic anti-Blackness and heinous racial terror. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal text, “Why We Can’t Wait,” was written in 1963 and has emerged as more prescient than ever in this moment. We can’t get back those years and wages that Black people lost while in bondage and unfairly behind bars. People in the US are increasingly aware that there is no way forward from the current strife without addressing one of the nation’s most egregious violations of human rights—the institution of slavery. Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law SchoolCalifornia Alliance for Youth and Community JusticeGlobal Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School (for affiliation purposes)Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University School of LawNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC)National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA)Sixth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal ChurchUSC Gould School of Law International Human Rights ClinicN’COBRA is the premiere mass-based coalition of organizations and individuals organized for the sole purpose of obtaining reparations for African descendants in the United States.The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America 31st Annual National Convention LIVE on Zoom July 30 – August 1 US: Provide Reparations for 1921 ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’‘Watchmen’ Was Fantasy, But The Need To Discuss Reparations Is Very Real“Get on the Ground!”: Policing, Poverty, and Racial Inequality in Tulsa, OklahomaUS: Provide Reparations for 1921 ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’‘Watchmen’ Was Fantasy, But The Need To Discuss Reparations Is Very RealGay Sex Still a Crime in Singapore Thanks to Dubious Legal RulingsI Came to Work in Qatar to Pursue My Dreams, But My Life is a Nightmare People in the US are increasingly aware that there is no way forward from the current strife without addressing one of the nation’s most egregious violations of human rights—the institution of slavery. HR 40 would establish a commission to investigate the legacy of slavery and its ongoing harms as well as come up with proposals to Congress for redress and repair.HR 40 is simply a first and reasonable step—it is a commitment to truth-telling, studying and coming up with ideas to treat the disease, rather than a commitment to the treatment itself.