Community Voices

Here are some of the ways that we are lifting up voices of grassroots leaders and scholars who are working toward improving the lives of others.

Law and Social Movements

How to Cultivate New Voices in Movement Journalism

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Movement Talks Frontline Report: Fighting for Environmental Justice and Mental Health Resources While Incarcerated

A coalition of prison abolitionists connected with community members in Alabama to fight new prison construction using a three-pronged approach. Courtesy Jordan Mazurek

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Movement Talks Frontline Report: Three Successful Strategies to Stop Prison Construction

Fight Toxic Prisons Convergence Photo courtesy of Shandre Delaney

Community Based News Room (CBNR)

How I Spent My Summer Building Movements

#FaithJustice

Reflections from an Activist Rooted in Franciscan Spirituality

Community Based News Room (CBNR)

The Importance of Self-Care for Activists

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June 21 Webinar: Women of Color Fight for Reproductive Justice

Community Based News Room (CBNR)

The U.S. Incarcerates More Women Than Any Other Country — and 80 Percent of Them Are Mothers

Law and Social Movements

Why the Vaughn 17 Case Matters to Us All

Law and Social Movements

Fighting to Stay, Then Fighting to Stay Alive

Maru Mora Villalpando is a community organizer with NWDC Resistance, a grassroots group working to end the detention of immigrants and stop all deportations. Maru also is a founding member of MiJente, a national political home for Latinx communities across the U.S.

She is a single mother who has been targeted by ICE and put on deportation proceedings due to her work bringing to light the inhumane conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash.

Read about her experience in a piece she wrote for Community Based News Room. Maru is a regular CBNR contributor on immigration.

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