“Let’s have revolutionary brown babies.” My now-partner said those words to me on our first date back in 2015. At the time I was a member of Black Youth Project 100, a national membership-based organization of Black 18-35 year olds who are fighting for the liberation
Fleeing Mexico in 2012 after receiving death threats due to advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in the country, Mexican transgender activist Ishalaa Ortega was granted asylum in the U.S. on the basis of persecution on account of political opinion, gender identity, and sexual orientation. However, others like Ortega with similar
This summer, the images were all over the news and social media: tear gas explosions, rubber bullet injuries, and unmarked vans snatching protesters and hauling them off to undisclosed locations. Many Americans were shocked by what looked “like something in another country” happening to “us” in our own cities. I
Since the performance season came to an abrupt halt in March due to the pandemic, dance companies of all sizes have attempted to endure irrecoverable revenue loss, socially distanced rehearsals, and in some cases, massive layoffs. At the same time, with protesters flooding the streets in the name of racial
Black sex workers are struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet their needs are being ignored by the government and society at large. Sex workers have been singled out as being ineligible for relief funds by the U.S. Small Business Administration, even those who perform legal forms of
What makes Tricia Hersey’s Nap Ministry so profound is that she challenges the idea of laziness. She challenges the relationship between Black people and the kind of work that we have produced and been forced to do for so long. She brings us closer to how we understand rest:
This story is part of a joint series by The Forge and Prism. Read the rest of the series—Organizing, Innovation, and Upheaval—here. Three months ago, protests in Minneapolis gave way to a national uprising. Ushering in a new focus on racial justice, the uprisings have challenged the way
The world has changed a lot since Broadway shuttered its doors in March, and now questions remain as to how they’ll be addressing systemic racism within the industry once performances resume for the public. Since uprisings around the country took off in the spring, the theater world has been
As this country and its institutions reckon with entrenched systemic racism, non-Black Latinx people and the immigrant rights movement that centers them are attempting to do the same. Last month, RAICES held a livestream on Black families in immigration detention with activists from Haitian Bridge Alliance and published comprehensive
One of the most pressing challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has been the widespread closures of schools and child care centers. The loss of these mainstays of daily life has been profoundly destabilizing across the country, affecting kids’ development and threatening to derail working mothers’ careers, even
This story is part of a joint series by The Forge and Prism. Read the rest of the series—Organizing, Innovation, and Upheaval—here. Longtime organizers understand that in order to see progress, they need to be prepared to play the long game. That means talking to the right people,
This story is part of a joint series by The Forge and Prism. Read the rest of the series—Organizing, Innovation, and Upheaval—here. We have all spent the bulk of this year at home, yet law enforcement has managed to kill more people from January 1 to June 30,
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