Mobilize

Welcome to 50th Bridge Crossing Jubilee — Selma. Here you will find historical facts, pictures, information on all upcoming events, and much more. Each year the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in conjunction with 21st Century Youth Leadership [...]

Dear World, Over the past month, events surrounding the killing of Michael Brown, Jr.---a murder, in my eyes, and in the eyes of many, many others--- has been broadcasted over every means of media and press you could imagine and as you have [...]

We’re now a month out from the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, and a month away from when a grand jury is likely to decide whether or not to indict him. Yet we still have no answers and [...]

#handsup Don't Shoot from Dream Defenders on Vimeo. "All we wanna do is break the chains off."~ J. Cole We are asking young people around the country to go to the U.S. Attorney’s office near them and issue local demands to address police [...]

We need to talk about Ferguson, brothers and sisters. Not about the protestors—the vast majority of whom are peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. Not about police militarization, either, which has only escalated tension on the ground. We need to talk about justice for Michael Brown. Justice [...]

As national civil and human rights organizations and leaders committed to the protection of the rights of African Americans and all Americans, we come together as a unified collective to urgently impress upon elected officials, law enforcement, the legal profession, businesses and all those in [...]

Boston – July 29 – Advocacy groups around the world are urging McDonald’s CEO, Don Thompson, to stand by his assertion that Ronald McDonald does not make appearances in schools. At McDonald’s 2014 Annual Shareholder Meeting, Mr. Thompson said, “in schools and our restaurants you [...]

Dream Defenders Across Florida Launch Summer Voter Mobilization Project In Lead Up to 2014 Election.Dream Defenders commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement’s 1964 Freedom Summer with a Multi-county Voter Awareness and Education Campaign. Youth in nine major Florida [...]

Recap of the #Brownat60 National Week of Action This past Saturday was the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Parents, students and educators nationwide marked the anniversary with a National Week of Action to demand our country renew its commitment to Brown's [...]