by Mufson, Michael | Feb 12, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Websites
SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 12, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Websites
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 11, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
Black Lives Matter was just nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize—so this week, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with co-founder of the Black Lives Matter organization Opal Tometi. How did the movement go from being seen as radical to more widely accepted? And...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 8, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Literature & Poetry, Podcast Episodes
Throughout April, we’ve been telling stories that coincide with the census — the one time every decade everyone in the U.S. is asked to think about their racial identity—whether they like it or not. And in each of our episodes, we’ve led with a question:...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 8, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
One of the country’s greatest writers has a new book out, and it took almost a century to get published. Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon” is based on her conversations with Oluale Kossola, the man believed to be one of the last people stolen,...
