Opportunity for Action   Spread the word! We are proud to announce the Power of Youth Challenge: Youth Leading Racial Healing, a leadership and service opportunity supporting youth-designed projects that promote racial equity and address systemic racism. Through this opportunity, young people aged 13-19 can identify a need in their own communities and receive $250 in mini-grants to…

Join the Dialogue You are invited to join our local dialogue on Sunday January 17 at 2 pm MT as we explore connections between truth, racial healing and transformation from the perspective of multi-faiths. This dialogue is in honor of the National Day for Racial Healing on January 19, 2021. Email peecetoday@gmail.com for login information

“ Unfortunately,  any new task force will be destined  (to repeat early mistakes)   unless  it  explicitly  identifies  and aggressively  challenges racial  inequities  as  one  of  the  most  significant  barriers  to  the  fair  administration  of  justice.” Re: bipartisan efforts to launch a new National Criminal Justice Commission in 2017 Kristin  Henning, (2018) –George Washington Law…

Now Accepting Applications Email peecetoday@gmail.com for more information. Who? Opportunity youth- ages 16-24 What? A virtual experience where you will Explore connections between trauma, health and well-being Identify and address barriers to housing and or work Work with others to address individual and system problems that may be blocking success.

Why the Unexplained Racial Disparities?? Crime Report July 2020 In this moment, our nation is facing a multitude of viruses. We are battling not just COVID-19, but the diseases of racism and injustice. A new report from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, for example, shows that overall, youth incarceration has decreased by almost 60…

Last Open Message From John Lewis to the Next Generation While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used…

The ACLU reports that for 3,278 people, it was nonviolent offenses like stealing a $159 jacket or serving as a middleman in the sale of $10 of marijuana to get food. An estimated 65% of them are Black. https://www.aclu.org/report/living-death-life-without-parole-nonviolent-offenses

NEW TOOLS FROM HUD HELP BUILD EQUITY INTO HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEMS  https://www.usich.gov/news/new-tools-from-hud-helpbuildequity-into-homelessness-response-systems

While violence rises in Chicago, why can’t police target violent behavior rather than RACE for arresting and charging people?  

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