by Beau Cromartie | Feb 7, 2022 | Movement Building
This spring, Southern Vision Alliance is launching our Black Radical Tradition Training Series to steep our staff and organizers in the history and politics of the Black freedom struggle. Last week, our work kicked off with a site visit to the Beloved Community Center...
by Beau Cromartie | Dec 10, 2021 | Movement Building, Political Education
“Charity isn’t the solution for Cuba, this is a gesture of solidarity. Taking the US government’s boot off their neck is what Cuba needs.” – Gail Walker, IFCO Executive Director Since 1992, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization...
by Beau Cromartie | May 27, 2021 | Movement Building
Last week, Present Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law in order to address increasing rates of anti-Asian violence during the coronavirus pandemic. The new legislation will increase support for local and state law enforcement agencies who are responding...
by Beau Cromartie | Apr 21, 2021 | Movement Building
As we reflect on Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict, we’re grounded in the reality that’s fueled the Movement for Black Lives from the very beginning: the whole system is guilty. The conviction of one police officer does not admonish the system that criminalized and...
by Beau Cromartie | Mar 19, 2021 | Call to Action, Movement Building
On March 16th, eight people were killed at three separate spas in Georgia. Six of the people were Asian and all but one were women. This incident is one of many anti-Asian hate crimes and attacks that continue to persist and become more prevalent across the nation in...