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Posted by | June 22, 2016
Interfaith Service

Please join us Sunday morning for our interfaith service. We welcome people of all faiths and no faith to this service. We use readings from many faith traditions contributed by...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
The Next Supreme Court: 2016 and the Fight for the Soul of Our Constitution

This election cycle is a pivotal moment for the Supreme Court. For decades, the Court has been profoundly conservative, standing against progress on issues from voting rights to guns to...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
From Dylann Roof to @realDonaldTrump: How the Web is Used to Recruit, Raise Money and Spread Hate

Dylann Roof, the terrorist responsible for the Charleston massacre in June of 2015, is likely the first violent right-wing extremist to have been radicalized entirely online. His entry into the...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
Economic Violence and the Black Jobs Crisis

We have a Black jobs crisis on our hands—and the impact that race has played in our ability to obtain employment has devastated many of our communities. From Black unemployment...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
Taking Bernie’s Political Revolution to Congress

When Bernie Sanders calls for a "political revolution," he isn't thinking just about the race for the White House. Bernie knows that the political revolution involves millions of people standing...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
Refugee Rights: How the Anti-immigrant and Anti-Muslim Movements Target Refugees (And What We Can Do)

This year has seen a nearly unprecedented rise in the political targeting of refugees—from bigoted rhetoric to xenophobic legislation on the state and federal levels. Fear-mongering from Trump and other...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
#transTRUTH from Trans Youth: Challenging media narratives of what it means to be young and trans

TRUTH, a collaboration between Transgender Law Center and GSA Network, is a national storytelling and movement-building campaign led by transgender and gender nonconforming young people from across the U.S. Through...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
Rethinking the Municipal Court System: How to Move Money from Police and Courts to Services that Make Our Communities Safe and Prosperous

In low-income, Black communities disenfranchised by the criminal legal system, millions of dollars are spent each year on courts and police that could be invested into public services to meet...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
How to Have a Conversation About Race Without Everyone Running Out of the Room

This nation and, more importantly, our unions have always been uncomfortable when it comes to addressing racial inequalities in an honest and solution-oriented way. In this workshop, union leaders, educators...

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Posted by | May 10, 2016
Ending the Endless War and Advancing a Progressive Global Vision

For too long, the progressive movement writ large has largely ignored foreign policy while neocons and war hawks have set our country’s agenda. We must as a movement join together...

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