Resources Helpful websites we want to share
ACLU of Delaware
The ACLU-DE, the local affiliate of the national ACLU, was established in 1961. We are a first resort when the government threatens our rights in Delaware and a last hope when we are deprived of our liberties. >> Visit their website. For information about Delaware Voting visit http://votedelaware.org
Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to reform, revitalize – and when necessary, defend – our country’s systems of democracy and justice. >> Visit their website
Children’s Defense Fund
The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. >> Visit their website
Coalition of Communities of color
Formed in 2001, the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) is an alliance of culturally-specific community based organizations with representation from the following communities of color: African, African American, Asian, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Slavic. >> Visit their website
Common Cause Delaware
Common Cause Delaware’s innovative, pragmatic, and comprehensive pro-democracy agenda and dedicated activists have made us one of the state’s most effective watchdog groups. >> Visit their website
Delaware Coalition to Dismantle the New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow is a result of legalized racist policy. The Coalition believes that justice requires a hard look at these policies and practices, and a strong resolution to overcome them through resistance, policy advocacy, and racial healing. We have hope that the New Jim Crow— like the old Jim Crow– can be dismantled. >> Visit their website
Delaware Racial Justice Collaborative
YWCA Delaware leads critical social change and advocates for women, girls and their families by offering housing, domestic violence prevention, economic empowerment, racial justice, sexual assault crisis and youth programming. >> Visit their website
Equal Justice Initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. >> Visit their website
League of Women Voters of Sussex County
The League of Women Voters of Sussex County, DE (LWVSCDE) is a nonpartisan educational organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League of Women Voters of Sussex County, DE is NOT for women only. >> Visit their website
Southern Poverty Law Center
The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. >> Visit their website
The Constitution Center
In the Interactive Constitution, scholars from across the legal and philosophical spectrum interact with each other to explore the meaning of each provision of the Constitution. >> Visit their website
The Delaware Criminal Justice Council
The Delaware Criminal Justice Council is the State Administering Agency of multiple federal grant programs that will enhance the criminal justice system in Delaware. >> Visit their website
The Way Home
The Way Home meets former prisoners at the prison gates and the office door to provide connections with community, meet needs, and foster relationships that prevent return to prison. >> Visit their website
Sojourners
Sojourners magazine and Sojourners online publication sit at the intersection of faith, politics, and culture. Our coverage goes beyond the trending headlines to uncover and explore in depth the hidden injustices in the world around us. Our call to prophetic interrogation means we seek the truth as informed by our biblical roots. >> Visit their website
MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH is a spoken word competition for high school students to speak up on issues important to them and creatively share how Dr. King’s legacy guides their response to today’s challenges. Top prize is $2,000. REGISTRATION OPENS: INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, SEPTEMBER 21st. >>Visit their website.
College Consesus 135 Racial Equity Resources For Education, Professional & Community Development, Health, And Civil Rights.
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Interesting reads
- “Median Wealth of Black and Latino Families Could Hit Zero by the Middle of the Century,” Forbes Magazine, 9/11/17
- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist
- From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins for our Time by Ira Katznelson