Announcing FFJ’s Latest Field Advisor Cohort

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/13/2020
... for Justice is excited to share the latest cohort of FFJ Field Advisors. FFJ looks forward to expanding our own understanding to support organizing toward racial and gender justice, and to growing our commitment to mobilize ... a political home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race , class, abilities, age, culture, gender , and sexuality ...

Eradicating Gender Based Violence Outside of the Carceral System Institute

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Webinar
... have long made the call for solutions to end sexual and gender -based violence outside of the carceral system. In our ... frame? Join us to learn why we must eradicate sexual and gender -based violence outside of the carceral system, and how ... Ritchie, In Our Names Network Janetta Johnson, Transgender Gender -variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Stacy ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
In the spring of 2017, Funders for Justice ( FFJ ) launched its inaugural cohort of Advisors – nine ... their leadership in community power-building, racial and gender justice, police accountability campaigns, and ... want, and what funders can do in this moment. This month, FFJ staff interviewed Zachary Norris , Executive Director ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
Our discussion series with FFJ ’s Field Advisors continues with Stephanie Guilloud, ... In the spring of 2017, Funders for Justice ( FFJ ) launched its inaugural cohort of Advisors – nine ... their leadership in community power-building, racial and gender justice, police accountability campaigns, and ...
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Race Files

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, December 01, 2014
... American society continues to be organized and divided by race . Race Files exists to lift the veil of colorblindness – to make race and racism visible. Race Files uses analogy, pop ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade, Interviewed by Manuela Arciniegas

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/06/2017
Next up in our discussion series with FFJ ’ s Field Advisors , Manuela Arciniegas (Associate ... at the Andrus Family Fund ) interviews Jenny Arwade ( FFJ Field Advisor and Co-Executive Director of Communities ... their leadership in community power-building, racial and gender justice, police accountability campaigns, and ...

Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, November 28, 2014
... Justice Innovation's most recent edition of Moving the Race Conversation Forward includes a section with content ... of Ferguson. ColorLines , an online publication by Race Forward, has had excellent ongoing coverage of Ferguson . Visit the Race Forward website. Race Forward: The Center for Racial .....
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Racial Justice

Timeline of Race, Racism, Resistance and Philanthropy 1992-2014

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, May 31, 2014
... decades ago. When communities in Los Angeles rebelled, " race riots" exploded the commonly held myth that our nation ... by the incidents, policies and cultural manifestations of race and racism during these years. Read the report on ... for Racial Equity (PRE) website . [pdf] Timeline of Race , Racism, Resistance and Philanthropy 1992-2014 .....

A Message From FFJ Leadership: In Solidarity With Chicago & Minneapolis

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/09/2016
... justice. For updates and where to donate, please check the FFJ website page in support of the protesters , the Black ... the country. In struggle, Eric Ward, Ford Foundation and FFJ co-chair Molly Schultz Hafid, Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock and FFJ co-chair Lorraine Ramirez, NFG Program Manager – ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Our Work Today: A Statement from FFJ Leadership

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
08/14/2017
... “ In Struggle, Tynesha McHarris , NoVo Foundation, and FFJ Co-Chair Molly Schultz Hafid , Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, and FFJ Co-Chair Luna Yasui , Ford Foundation, and FFJ Co-Chair Lorraine Ramirez , Funders for Justice at ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, December 30, 2011
... less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society. Following the 1890 ... America, as were African Americans’ own ideas about race and crime. Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class ...
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Criminalization
Racial Justice

A Warm Farewell & A Warm Welcome

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
12/08/2020
... __________ These initiatives include Funders for Justice ( FFJ ), an NFG program that was created in 2014 to mobilize ... Since the first phone call where the idea was sparked, FFJ Director Lorraine Ramirez and NFG staff & members worked ... people of color at the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, anti-criminalization, and models for ...
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Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/05/2017
... are incredibly proud to announce our inaugural cohort of FFJ Advisors. These nine leaders were selected in recognition ... their expertise and leadership in movements for racial and gender justice, in police accountability campaigns and ... and government groups focused on applying a structural race analysis as well as specific policy issues including ...
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Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
... for Social Inclusion (CSI) & Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Greg Casar | Local Progress Board ... affordable housing, gentrification, economic justice, and gender justice is critical in this political moment, and ... Groups like Bay Resistance and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) have developed and distributed Know ...

What It's Going to Take to Change Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/06/2017
In October 2017, Funders for Justice ( FFJ ), a program of Neighborhood Funders Group, hosted a ... at the NoVo Foundation office in New York City. FFJ got the chance to sit down and talk with NoVo's Ramatu ... many parts of the country with police accountability and gender and racial justice. As you've tried to grapple with .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Why We Move Money for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... in St. Louis and around the world. Funders for Justice ( FFJ ) was honored to meet some of the leaders of the ... completely shifting how we understand and talk about race in the US. The conference workshop on how to support The ... even be? Charlene Carruthers, director of BYP100 and FFJ Advisor , spoke to this on FFJ ’s State of the Police ...

A Call for Social Solidarity: COVID-19 Response from NFG's Programs

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/30/2020
... are experiencing violent attacks and scapegoating based on race in addition to all the other impacts of the pandemic. ... working at the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, criminalization, and models for community ... never beeen an effective pathway to ending domestic and gender -based violence. Police unions are using this as a ...

Funders for Justice - National Funder Organizing Meeting

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -
9:00am - 5:00pm
NoVo Foundation
... a hundred of your fellow funders and field leaders for FFJ 's third National Member Organizing Meeting. At this ... and victories at the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, criminalization, and models for community ... justice, bail reform, the intersections of sexual and gender -based violence and criminalization, Black liberation .....

Charlottesville Funder Briefing

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... directly from Lorraine Ramirez, Senior Program Manager for FFJ . Other members of NFG can request the call information by ... here on August 14, 2017 by Funders for Justice. FFJ is a project of Neighborhood Funders Group, in ... moving resources at the intersections of racial justice, gender justice, community safety, and criminalization. Just ...

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fort Myers, FL
... in health, income and wealth outcomes persist based on race , ethnicity, and gender and have led to huge differences in the quality of ... have highlighted how Florida faces deep divides by race , gender identity, and migration status. Considering these ...

As We #SayHerName, 7 Policy Paths to Stop Police Violence Against Black Girls and Women

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, July 19, 2016
... and other ways officers target Black girls, women and gender nonconforming people. Andrea J. Ritchie May 19, 2016 ... that impact Black girls and women—cis and trans—and gender nonconforming people. In other words, we need to ... gender , gender identity and sexual orientation alongside race , religion and ethnicity. State lawmakers should repeal ...

Racial Capitalism, Power and Resistance: Perspectives from the Philanthropic Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/19/2019
... mother home, in a low income, immigrant family, issues of race , class, and gender shaped my experiences from an early age. Later, I ... and support organizations that prioritize racial and gender justice. What brought you to NFG’s Racial Capitalism ...

5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2014
Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 15, 2015 The Battle for Racial Justice: Grant makers are uniting to address racial-justice issues as tensions remain high following the failure of grand juries to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City. Funders for Justice, a new group of about 30 foundations and other groups affiliated with the Neighborhood Funders Group, has set up a website to publicize activities and promote giving to community organizers working on issues like police accountability. Lori Villarosa, executive director of the...

Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
... change is political change. It must transform systems of race , class, and gender injustice. It is a commitment to support communities ... and speak clearly about the need for racial, economic, and gender justice. Lift up the stories of those most impacted by ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

In Defense Of Black Lives — How NFG's Amplify Fund is Supporting Power Building in Black Communities

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/08/2020
... FROM BLACK-LED GROUPS , including those with women and gender non-conforming youth leadership, that are working at ... organizing to build power among girls, trans youth, and gender nonconforming youth aims to remove police officers ... attending events, following social media feeds. NAMING RACE and examining how to apply a racial justice lens and ...

Statement: Do Not Militarize Our Mourning: Orlando and the Ongoing Tragedy Against LGBTSTGNC POC

News type: 
News from the Field
... for and by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two Spirit, and Gender Non Conforming People of Color (LGBTSTGNC POC) we know ... and survivors are Black, Latinx, AfroLatinx, Trans, Gender Non Conforming, undocumented, and working class. These ... of this ongoing colonial project. The fact that only the race of the perpetrator and not the victims is being ...

Racial Capitalism, Power, and Resistance Movements Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 9:00am - Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3:00pm
Brooklyn, NY
... approaches to build powerful multi-racial and multi- gender resistance movements to meet the moment in this ... Chorus Foundation Maurice BP-Weeks, Action Center on Race and the Economy Mónica Ramírez, Justice for Migrant ... develop strategies to integrate an intersectional racial, gender , and migrant justice lens in anti-poverty and economic ...

Strike Watch 2020 Review: Defund the Police to Build Worker Power

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/17/2020
... built and formed stronger coalitions, multi-racial, multi- gender , and multi-sectoral movements. And, importantly for ... also formed deeper partnerships with Funders for Justice ( FFJ ), now an independent organization , to support movements ... support and build community and worker power and racial, gender , economic and climate justice, stay connected to Rob ...

Strike Watch: San Francisco Foundation's Jidan Terry-Koon on Finding our (Philanthropic) Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/21/2020
... Strike for Black Lives. It’s such a ripe time to connect race (anti-Blackness in particular), workers, and economy – ... Black workers, Black mothers, etc. So the entry way of race and Blackness brings us into all the other identities ... lives are valued – and all of our social norms, such as gender and racism, are put in place to hold the economic ...

Healing Justice Guidance to Philanthropy During COVID-19, the Uprisings, and Beyond

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, July 16, 2020
... money specifically to BIPOC communities and LGBTQ and gender expansive communities, increasing your payout, ... funder colleagues who are doing this work by joining the FFJ Healing Justice Strategy Group. Write to us at ... and funders play a key role in offering that support. The FFJ Healing Justice Strategy Group invites you to get in ...

Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
... New York Center for Social Inclusion New York Center on Race , Crime & Justice of John Jay College of Criminal Justice ... and protect housing rights, civil rights, food justice and gender justice. Since 2005, we have engaged in police ... youth, family and prisoner-led movement to challenge race , gender and class inequality in Los Angeles County’s and ...

DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 17, 2018
... rights, and more. Access Toolkit As Zachary Norris, FFJ Field Advisor and Executive Director of Ella Baker Center ... childcare, healthcare, and housing.” Jenny Arwade, FFJ Field Advisor and Co-Director of Communities United, ...

Meeting the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement Landscape in Rural and Small-City America

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... of color in rural communities and building bridges across race — during their electoral organizing work; and ... and small-city America, with an emphasis on cutting-edge, race -forward work and efforts to bridge the ... workers to fight for the expansion of Medicaid, and used a gender and race lens to increase black women’s civic ...

A New Testament of Hope

News type: 
Member News
... bondage and sale of children; to legitimize hierarchies of gender , class, and skin color. Alexis de Tocqueville saw this ... This is not the America we are proud of. Inequality Beyond Race Indeed, this week new data showed that the income gap ... coarsened. This might suggest that coming to terms with race in an era of growing inequality is harder than ever. And ...

Action Alert: Flush Transphobia Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
05/26/2016
... transgender students to use the restroom that fits their gender identity. Today, we're announcing the ... concerned about the harm these bills cause to trans, gender non-conforming and intersex communities -- ... need your support . We're asking everyone who stands for gender justice to donate $25, $50, or whatever you can, and .....

"Intersections of Justice in the Time of Coronavirus" by Cara Page & Eesha Pandit

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/25/2020
... public health, (source: pg. 107; Killing the Black Body; Race , Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy ... Transformative Justice, Reproductive Justice Racial and Gender Justice, Trans Justice, Environmental Justice, and ...

Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Webinar
... directly address the need for honest conversations about race , racism and xenophobia. It is tempting for many ... to engage people in the honest conversations about how the race , racism, and xenophobia are being used to scapegoat ... community members using explicit conversations about race and racism. Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Veatch ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice

The New Jim Crow

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, January 16, 2012
... face. As the United States celebrates its “triumph over race ” with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of ... Today, it is no longer socially permissible to use race explicitly as a justification for discrimination, ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

NFG 2018 National Convening — Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018
St. Louis, MO
... grantmakers committed to racial, social, economic, and gender justice in the U.S. We shared models, strengthened ... and anti-ableism as issues of racial, economic, Trans and gender justice requires time, exposure, political will and ...
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Be vigilant and move the money: NFG's January 2021 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/27/2021
... with NFG this year to propel racial, economic, gender , and climate justice. Onwards, The NFG team PROGRAM ... safety and justice, education, health, jobs, climate, gender , and racial justice to center the needs of how housing ... on movements led by people of color toward racial, gender , and economic justice. FJE has begun to align our ...
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Questions Linger for LGBT Community After Police Kill Jessie Hernandez

News type: 
News from the Field
... "diverse languages, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities are represented" in its count, though it ... posted by Latino Rebels . Hernández's identity as a gender non-conforming lesbian has inevitably become part of ... risk, according to activists. "People perceived Jessie's gender as masculine, and that put her at risk," says Amaya, .....

Michael Brown and Alison Corwin discuss why NFG membership is so critical for funders in this political climate

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/29/2017
In this era of political uncertainty, we as funders have one simple task: accelerate the pace of systemic change for poor communities and communities of color by taking collective action and funding grassroots efforts . NFG is the political home where funders collaborate to make this happen. As NFG members ourselves, we’ve learned how to fund just economic development , organized to move money for justice , and rolled-up our sleeves with other members to have a more powerful, collective impact. Here we have an organizing space that is not only deeply helpful in moving...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Resilient Places Require Intentional Strategies

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/29/2016
... organizations take, it is essential to call-out and put race and ethnicity openly on the table. I so appreciated the ... of all backgrounds and identities and were willing to put race and privilege on the table. This was incredibly helpful, ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

We. Just. Getting. Started. Moving Money for M4BL

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/12/2020
On Monday, June 8, nearly 700 people gathered on a call co-organized by NFG's Funders for Justice and donor-organizing partners for the Movement for Black Lives to fortify our resolve and commitment to Black lives by ramping up our support to M4BL to the tune of $50M. Reaching this goal would be unprecedented — and would secure the national infrastructure to meet the urgency of the current moment, while building toward Black liberation for the long-term. “What rules are you prepared to break in defense of Black lives?” We are hearing your answers: Many of you are increasing...
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From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 30, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
Hosted by the Bail Reform Strategy Group of Funders for Justice . In recent months, as hundreds of thousands of people across the country took to the streets to demand that elected leaders #DefundPolice and #DefendBlackLives, bail funds have been flooded with millions of dollars. People across the country donated anywhere from a few dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Yet, as we know, contributing bail money for protesters is both critical and only the beginning of a larger understanding of the US carceral system. We must all do more to end the pre-trial incarceration of people —...

2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018
Chicago, IL
... (Break) 3:45 - 5:30 pm The State of Race in Chicago Today 5:30 - 5:45 pm ... 2:30 pm Chicago History Museum Exhibit: Race : Are We So Different? (optional self-guided tour) ... of Racial Justice in Chicago [Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy, 2017] Pennies for Progress: A Decade of ...

Power Research

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Webinar
... Saqib Bhatti and Maurice Weeks, Action Center for Race and the Economy (ACRE) Kevin Connor, Public ...
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Webinar Resources from Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... directly address the need for honest conversations about race , racism and xenophobia. It is tempting for many ... to engage people in the honest conversations about how the race , racism, and xenophobia are being used to scapegoat ... community members using explicit conversations about race and racism. Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Veatch ...

From the Front Lines of Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

NFG at the 2019 CHANGE Philanthropy Unity Summit

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, November 18, 2019 - Thursday, November 21, 2019
Seattle, WA
... change. They are leading the way for all of us in ending gender -based violence, establishing a more representative ... their own work places, and about people facing sexual and gender -based violence with little or no protections from the ...

The Fund for New Jersey Reaffirms Commitment to Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/31/2020
In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the protests that followed, The Trustees of The Fund for New Jersey have issued a statement that reaffirms The Fund’s commitment to achieving racial justice in New Jersey through investment in policy reforms in housing, education, criminal justice, economic justice, and public health. The statement provides data and analysis on the interconnected crises of structural racism and COVID-19 in New Jersey. As the Trustees note: Across this country, people of all races and ethnicities are focused on the ways in which Black Americans have...

What We’ve Gained And Lost Since Stonewall

News type: 
News from the Field
Black trans people have been struggling for acceptance for 50 years. And we’re not even close to getting it. By Miss Major There is no because of this or that — Stonewall just happened. There was a tendency at that time for white people to think, well, she’s a junkie or she’s an alcoholic or she’s a drug addict. She’s anything but human, so why listen to her? That was the basic attitude towards us trans women in the 60s. And it just happened to be everywhere. Some of the girls back then, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, tried to speak up for us, but just got laughed at. Everyone,...

Five Things President Obama Could Do to Stop the Killing

News type: 
News from the Field
By Gordon Whitman, Deputy Director, PICO National Network If my son - who is 14 years old, has Autism and is hearing impaired - were African-American I would be worried every time he left the house to walk to school or the library, worried that he'd have a failed encounter with a teacher, school administrator or police officer that would result in him being hurt, psychologically or physically. That anxiety - which I know many parents of African-American and Latino children have - is by no means irrational. Whites bring a host of unthinking stereotypes into their encounters with African-...

Response to Ferguson: Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, November 24, 2014

Dear friends,

Last night, like many across the world who were watching, we experienced deep disappointment in the decision by the St. Louis County grand jury not to indict Ferguson, MO police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenage boy, on August 9. Our thoughts are first with the family of Michael Brown and the community of Ferguson. It’s important to note that this case has never been about just one police officer. The spotlight on Ferguson has revealed with a renewed, sharper focus a deep divide in our society highlighting...

Philanthropy Moving Forward a Bolder Approach to America’s Housing Crisis

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2021
This blog was written by Nile Malloy, Director of NFG's Democratizing Development Program to urge philanthropy to propel a bold approach to the housing crisis. Housing advocates and grassroots groups from across the country continue to organize elected officials at the local, state, and federal level for another eviction moratorium, rental assistance, and foreclosure delay relief to slow the rate of some families from being pushed towards the cliff of homelessness. National groups like Right to the City Housing is the Cure; People’s Action Home Guarantee , National Low-income Housing...
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Democratizing Development Program

Strike Watch - Election 2020: Workers Redefine the Map, as Corporate Tech Pours Millions to Undermine Rights

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/13/2020
While the public eye (rightfully) centered on the US presidency this election, worker-led organizing made tremendous waves across the country in ballot initiative, issue-based wins and get out the vote mobilization, including in closely-watched swing states. Corporations and the ultra-wealthy also pushed their agendas of racialized and gendered inequality ahead, most notably California’s anti-labor rights "gig" worker proposition. While the full significance of the election is still unfurling, the results point to the power of long-term, worker-led organizing led by unions, place-based worker...