Thursday: Anti-racism and allyship series

On Thursday, join a live event on how systemic racism is built into America and why it's necessary to center the voices of people of color in our work.

Dear MoveOn member,

The movement for Black lives is not a moment, it's a movement—a movement built on confronting the systemic racism that has been central throughout American history.

Join this Thursday's live conversation to learn more about the history we're confronting, the future we're charting, and the actions we can all take today.

RSVP now to learn how America was built on racism in our second Anti-Racism & Allyship webinar on Thursday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 PT.

It takes a movement to create the systemic changes we need to re-imagine our society, since both our government and our dominant culture were created to protect the rights of white people and their property, which at one point included enslaved people. 

It takes a movement to propel ourselves toward that society by defunding massive police budgets and re-investing in communities. 

It takes a movement to ensure that the cops who killed Breonna Taylor—Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and officers Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove—are brought to justice. 

MoveOn has partnered with Indivisible, NARAL, NextGen, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Demos, Daily Kos, and other allies to present a three-part anti-racism and allyship series to highlight the voices, activism, and expertise of Black leaders in this movement. Together, we're learning and challenging ourselves to recognize the opportunities to create change. 

This week's speakers will include Karundi Williams, Executive Director of re:power, discussing why it's necessary to center the voices and experiences and leadership of BIPOC communities, specifically women of color, in political movements. We will also have scholar, speaker, and strategist Marcia Chatelain covering how systemic racism has been historically built into the foundation of our country. Leading our conversation will be MoveOn's Congressional Liaison and Washington, D.C., Strategist Reggie Hubbard.

It takes a movement to re-imagine our society, to invest in our communities and defund police, to ensure justice for Breonna Taylor, and so much more. These calls invite us all in to be part of this work.

Join on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 PT to participate in this important conversation to deepen our learning and to RSVP for the next event in this series.

Thanks for all you do.

–Olga, Ann, Corinne, Mark, and the rest of the team

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