Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives (Encore)
Making Contact · Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives (Encore) On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion and intersectionality in the movement for Black lives. We’ll also meet Trans activists in Louisiana who have been organizing against a state law that has been used to unfairly target trans women for decades. Like this program? Please click here and...
#SayHerName: Black Women, Police Violence, and Abolition
Making Contact · #SayHerName: Black Women, Police Violence, and Abolition It’s been six years since #SayHerName, the movement to draw greater awareness and action around Black female victims of police and state violence, was created by the African American Policy Forum. Today, the deaths of Black women and girls at the hands of law enforcement still don’t generate the same vocal concern and outrage as that of Black...
Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives
Making Contact · Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion and intersectionality in the movement for Black lives. We’ll also meet Trans activists in Louisiana who have been organizing against a state law that has been used to unfairly target trans women for decades. TRANSCRIPT BELOW Like this program? Please...
Call for Pitches: April 14, 2016
Were looking for pitches from freelancers on several themes. See list below. If you feel you have a story that fits or you have a new idea, please let us know! Were also always interested in pitches on any of our ongoing beats: prisons, poverty, corporations undue influence, reproductive health, climate change and the environment. Were still looking for reporters who are themselves immigrants for our Immigrants...