by Caro Metzler | May 13, 2021 | Movement Building
YourVoteYourVoice Trista Brodie, President and Founder of True Care Solutions Durham, NC For Trista Brodie, voting is important not just for the wellbeing of her community, but also for her clients as a social worker. Her YourVoteYourVoice campaign was founded out...
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 Caro Metzler | Apr 12, 2021 | Call to Action, Movement Building
Following last year’s uprising for Black lives, institutions of all kinds—government bodies, schools, health systems, companies, nonprofits, and more—have sought out trainings on racial equity. For racial justice organizers, this historic level of interest raises some...
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...
by Caro Metzler | Mar 12, 2021 | Movement Building
Voters under 40 are now 40% of North Carolina’s electorate—and the most racially diverse bloc. Enter: NoCap, a region-wide, youth-led organization working to get young voters organized and advance new visions for justice. NoCap organizes Black students on college...
by Loan Tran | Dec 14, 2020 | Movement Building
Dear friends and colleagues, movement partners and rabble rousers, I am writing to share that my last day with Southern Vision Alliance is December 21, 2020. When I agreed to join the founding leadership team at SVA in 2014, I had already been organizing in North...
