WHAT THE EMERALD MEANS TO ME: FILLING IN THE PUZZLE
(In support of the Emerald’s 7th Anniversary fundraiser we asked community members to share about what the Emerald means to them.) Consuming the world’s current events feels like constructing a…
Foot Locker Launches $3 Million Multi-City Program to Empower BIPOC Communities
Foot Locker Inc. revealed its latest effort to support BIPOC communities today, which will be done in partnership with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Through its Foot Locker Foundation, the…
Comcast RISE Awards $1M in Grants to 100 BIPOC-Owned Small Businesses in Chicago, Cook County
The $1 million in local grants is part of a $5 million multi-city initiative designed to support BIPOC- (Black, Indigenous and other People of Color) owned small businesses in Chicago…
Racial equity report offers recommendations to Portland
Black Lives Matter holds protest in Portland A Racial Equity Steering Committee is recommending the city do a number of things, including screening police officers for personal prejudice, racism or…
How Mayors Can End The Cycle Of Police Violence
For those working to end police violence against people of color, the past weeks have been particularly taxing. In the wake of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for George Floyd’s murder, 16-year-old…
Mass. Commission Starts 5-Month Study of Qualified Immunity
A Truro Democrat on Friday pushed members of a new commission studying qualified immunity to reach out and listen to a diverse set of voices, saying the group's primarily white…
Families of people killed by police, organizers hold protest against police brutality in Phoenix
A group of about 40 people met in downtown Phoenix at the Cesar Chavez Memorial Plaza Friday evening to demand justice for multiple people killed at the hands of Arizona…
Lawmakers-of-color demanding hearings on police reform before session end
Members of the People of Color and Indigenous Caucus (POCI) at the Minnesota Legislature are demanding hearings and a vote on additional police reforms, well before the fast-approaching end of…
Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity
On April 27, the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States issued its long-awaited report on the U.S.’s police-perpetrated racist violence.…
Reparations fund will help Black women build houses — and wealth
In the 1900 block of Etting Street in west Baltimore earlier this year, Tonika Garibaldi led a tour of newly-renovated brick row houses. “We just finished the three houses that…
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