Read the article in the Cape Gazette covering the February 28th Black History Month Celebration, From Dreams to Action: Celebrating MLK’s Legacy for Change
Clara Licata, the SDARJ Chair, was invited to a press conference celebrating the passage of the bill that required Delaware to fund Medicaid for abortion and to require private insurance companies to cover abortion. SDARJ and other advocates worked with the House and Senate sponsors to help pass it.
From the Gazette: The Nassau School was built in 1922 near the current-day Five Points intersection outside Lewes. It was one of the 33 Black schools built in Sussex County with funding from philanthropist millionaire Pierre S. du Pont. During the time of segregation, students attended first through eighth grade at the school until 1965. […]
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice and the YWCA-DE Racial and Social Justice Program are Collaborating on a 2-part discussion of reparations, focusing on the harm resulting from slavery in the United States Reparations are the act or process of making amends for a wrong. According to the United Nations: Adequate, effective and prompt reparation is intended to promote justice by redressing gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law.
Watch the video from our October Town hall – Symbols of Hate: A Community Conversation
The article reads: GEORGETOWN, Del. — This week, the work of local activists paid off after the Georgetown Historical Society doubled down on its commitment to continue flying a Confederate battle flag on the nonprofit’s property. The following statement is from SPLC Chief of Staff and Culture Lecia Brooks: “The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) applauds the Southern […]
If you were unable to attend, or you want to watch it again, the “Enough Is Enough” Town Hall meeting is now available to watch online: A panel explored the source and consequences of police brutality, its impact on the life of African American families, recommendations for long-overdue solutions and the development of a plan […]
