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2nd Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth – May 19 to May 25 2014 For our future please join thousands of others in organizing around this commitment. Founded in 2013, the National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth was [...]

Empirical evidence has helped us understand the roots of racism and why it is rampant in American society. Psychologist and Social Scientist Daniel Kahneman discovered, "What You See Is All There Is [WYSIATI.] Today, in the United States, we see colors, separate and unequal. [...]

By Researchers Matteo Forgiarini*, Marcello Gallucci* and Angelo Maravita| Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy | Originally Published at Frontiers In Psychology 23 May 2011 | To Review the Full Report Download Racism And The Empathy For Pain On Our Skin [PDF] Empathy is a [...]

We are More Than Concerned Parents We are Civic Activists Chicago parents wonder and say aloud, "How are our children going to succeed in life without the proper tools to achieve?" This is one of the many questions citizen parents ask Mayor Rahm Emanuel. There are many [...]

Originally Published and Downloadable at Academia May 25, 2012 | Liberal Studies Program, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA; Social Science and Comparative Education, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Many Students of Color have encountered cultural disrespect within their K-12 education in regards to their [...]

Service Employees International United [SEIU] and the National Action Network invite one and all to join the National Day for Dignity and Respect: October 5th
 STAND TOGETHER FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM!On October 5, 2013, the broadest and most diverse movement in our country right now will bring together [...]

In America the premise is people are colorblind. Certainly our children are is the constant refrain. I know this is not so, for as a child I saw what was not discussed. The people who did not care for and about me were white. Those who cherished [...]

The March on Washington was supposed to be about justice and economic equality for black Americans. The second part of that mission is still far from accomplished. If you frequently ask yourself what happened to President Johnson's and indeed the nation's War on Poverty, then you might [...]

What does it mean to be American, to be Black or Brown, Red or Yellow? Soon, in the United States the majority of people will be mixed and/or people of color. The question we must ask ourselves is what does this mean? Will equality be realized? Is [...]