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When Ben Jealous became the first person of color to lead the Sierra Club, the prominent civil rights leader promised to create more inclusive working conditions at the nation's oldest
So we must center Black liberation movements and frameworks, as Black liberation is liberation for everyone in a society within which global racial capitalism is upheld to exploit and eradicate the most melanated. I am elated and honored to have the opportunity to speak with Angela Davis at this year’s Power Shift 2021 Convergence. Davis is a Black liberation thought leader from my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, who has inspired me through her writings and her journey. Her critiques of global racial capitalism and views on Pan-Afrikanism, which she links to a connected fight against imper...
Beyond “Checking the Box” Laurie Mazur December 11, 2020 In July, Andrés Jimenez took the helm at Green 2.0, an independent advocacy campaign to increase racial diversity among environmental organizations. Previously, Jimenez served as senior director of government affairs at Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL), and as associate director of government relations at Ocean Conservancy. The timing was right, as the nation engaged in a long-overdue reckoning with racism that prompted considerable soul-searching within the (very white) mainstream environmental movement. Here, Jimenez talks...