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Day of Protests and Poor News Network

Thursday, December 24th, at 11am, the Justice For Mario Woods Coalition held a press conference to demand that San Francisco Mayor Lee fire Chief Suhr and hold officers involved in the execution of Mario Woods accountable. Mr. Woods was a 26 year-old Black man executed by SFPD on December 2, 2015 in San Francisco’s Bayview … Continued


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Fund Drive: Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter

On today’s program we hear from Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter. Last month she spoke at United Nations’ Confronting the Silence: Perspectives and Dialogue on Structural Racism against People of African Descent Worldwide convening. The event is organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the … Continued


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Race In The Post-Obama Era: The Politics and Aesthetics of Disruption and Change

For today’s fund drive program we’ll feature a talk recorded last month at Stanford University, titled Race In The Post Obama Era: The Politics and Aesthetics of Disruption and Change. Through the emergence of new social movements, race has vaulted back into the center of U.S. discourse, renewing questions about equality, freedom and culture. “Thinking … Continued