Change Can't Wait: A Justice and Equity Agenda For Boston's Black and Brown Communities

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School Assistant Professor Yanilda González delves into the roots of police violence in democratic countries in her latest book.</p> </div> <p class="card1-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="">Dec 2, 2020</time></p> </div> </article> <article class="card1" w="24/12/8" reveal="1/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/blacklivesmatter-across-the-americas-black-youth-organizers-and-the-struggle-for-racial-justice/" class="overlink1 card1-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>#BlackLivesMatter Across the Americas: Black Youth Organizers and the Struggle for Racial Justice</span></a> <div class="card1-line hr1 -thick -c:d1t" aria-hidden="true" reveal="3l/" aligned></div> <figure class="img1 card1-image -hover1" reveal="2/" aligned style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-500x281.jpg" alt="Graphic of the event details" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-500x281.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-100x56.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-250x141.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1-1536x864-copy-500x281.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card1-main" reveal="2/" aligned> <p class="card1-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Video </p> <h4 class="card1-title -t:5" ><span class="-a:1 -as:1">#BlackLivesMatter Across the Americas: Black Youth Organizers and the Struggle for Racial Justice</span></h4> <div class="card1-lead -t:10" ><p>The Ash Center hosted an event in the What Justice Looks Like series for a conversation with activists from Black youth-led movements from the US and Latin America, leading the struggle against racial injustice, from police violence to structural racism and disparate effects of the COVID pandemic on racialized and low-income communities.</p> </div> <p class="card1-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="">Oct 29, 2020</time></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="subheader1 -mt:4" reveal="2/"> <h3 class="subheader1-title -t:2">More on this Issue</h3> </div> <div flex class="-mb:4"> <article class="card1" w="24/12/8" reveal="1/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/representative-barbara-lee-on-the-imperative-of-reparative-justice/" class="overlink1 card1-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Representative Barbara Lee on the Imperative of Reparative Justice</span></a> <div class="card1-line hr1 -thick -c:d1t" aria-hidden="true" reveal="3l/" aligned></div> <figure class="img1 card1-image -hover1" reveal="2/" aligned style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-500x333.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-500x333.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-100x67.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-250x167.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-2000x1334.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53754524507_45d2f22261_o-500x333.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card1-main" reveal="2/" aligned> <p class="card1-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card1-title -t:5" ><span class="-a:1 -as:1">Representative Barbara Lee on the Imperative of Reparative Justice</span></h4> <div class="card1-lead -t:10" ><p>At the Global Justice, Truth-Telling, and Healing Symposium, Lee speaks on how we can interrupt the cycle of inaction when it comes to reparative justice in the United States.</p> </div> <p class="card1-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="">May 29, 2024</time></p> </div> </article> <article class="card1" w="24/12/8" reveal="1/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/getting-at-the-root-perspectives-on-global-justice-truth-telling-and-accountability/" class="overlink1 card1-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Getting at the Root: Perspectives on Global Justice, Truth Telling and Accountability</span></a> <div class="card1-line hr1 -thick -c:d1t" aria-hidden="true" reveal="3l/" aligned></div> <figure class="img1 card1-image -hover1" reveal="2/" aligned style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-500x281.jpg" alt="Graphic of the event details" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-500x281.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-300x169.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-100x56.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-250x141.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31.jpg 1280w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/maxresdefault-31-500x281.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card1-main" reveal="2/" aligned> <p class="card1-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Video </p> <h4 class="card1-title -t:5" ><span class="-a:1 -as:1">Getting at the Root: Perspectives on Global Justice, Truth Telling and Accountability</span></h4> <div class="card1-lead -t:10" ><p>The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and the Carr Center for Human Rights hosted a discussion with scholars studying processes and practices of global truth telling, repair, and justice from the fields of law, government, and political science.</p> </div> <p class="card1-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="">Jan 31, 2022</time></p> </div> </article> <article class="card1" w="24/12/8" reveal="1/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/police-violence-memory-and-mobilization-in-brazil/" class="overlink1 card1-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Police Violence, Memory, and Mobilization in Brazil</span></a> <div class="card1-line hr1 -thick -c:d1t" 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