Right now, over 30,000 people are incarcerated in New York’s prisons. 75% are Black or brown.
#CommunitiesNotCages, is a campaign that demands our lawmakers eliminate mandatory minimums, end extreme sentencing, support transformation and bring our loved ones home!
This March and April, we’re gathering local leaders across the state to learn more about #CommunitiesNotCages and build our movement. Buffalo is kicking off the first of many town halls across the state in March and April ahead of our Communities Not Cages Advocacy Day on April 26, sign up to attend HERE.
February 17 is the Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action! Mark Black History Month by celebrating Black immigrant leaders + working to eradicate racism in the U.S. immigration system.
Leaders from different faith traditions share their experience of being Black and a person of faith. Hear some amazing perspectives from:
- Apostle Onlielove Alston speaks on being Black and Jewish;
- Zachary Stevens Walter speaks about being Black and Catholic;
- Sister Sister Maajeida AbdusSalaam speaks on being Black and Muslim;
- Rev. James Lynch speaks on Being Black and Buddhist
All are welcome! Register to receive Zoom information.
Conceived and organized by The Rev. Dominique C. Atchison of the Anti-Racist Devotional & Fort Washington Collegiate Church.
“We should emphasize not African American History, but the African American in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world, void of national bias, race, hate, and religious prejudice.” -Carter G. Woodson
