The Social Justice Phrase Guide

By Jorge Vasquez, Program Director of Power & Democracy When we woke up this morning, we knew not to expect the results of the presidential election. With a record number of people casting their ballot at the polls early, in drop boxes, and by mail, we anticipated that it would take longer than usual to count every vote and ensure that every voter is heard. In August and September 2020, Advancement Project National Office formed the Young Voters of Color Advisory Committee to see what would drive young Black, Brown, Native American, and Asian American voters to the polls.

By Faith Carter-Nottage, Member of Advancement Project National Office’s Young Voter of Color Advisory Committee   It has been exactly 219 days since I last hugged my best friend. It’s been less than a year but it feels like a memory from a different era. As a senior attending the University of Maryland Baltimore County, every morning I get up and join the millions of other students around the country attending class behind a computer screen. It feels like we are working harder than ever despite not knowing what the world will look like when the dust settles. Thinking things…

By Jorge Vasquez, Power & Democracy Director As we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, I reflect on my Abuelita Cookie, her strength, her wisdom, her resilience and the lessons she instilled in family, my community and me. There is no question in my mind that, if Abuelita Cookie were alive today, she would be marching with Black Lives Matter protesters, organizing around the lack of police accountability, and encouraging everyone to take it to the polls this November. Esperanza “Doña Esperanza” Moreno or “Abuelita Cookie,” as her grandchildren referred to her, was 111 years-old when she passed away in 2004. She…

We know that voting is an important way to advance our fight against systemic racism. But the ongoing pandemic has created significant challenges in getting out the vote—challenges made even worse by opportunistic and racist government officials who are leveraging this crisis to make voting more complicated and less accessible to Black and Brown people. That’s where you come in. Voters need help understanding how to vote during a pandemic. Here you can find: Scripts to make online videos Memes and gifs to share on social media Messaging guides GOTV Graphics Videos to share…

During Latinx Heritage Month, Advancement Project National Office is reflecting on the Latinx community and continuing our fight to strengthen policies that impact members of this community. This fight includes a path towards immigrant justice. The U.S immigration policy has historically been rooted in racism with entry restrictions and exploitation based on race. Advancement Project National Office, in partnership with United We Dream, Farmworker Labor Organizing Committee (North Carolina), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, Florida Immigrant Coalition, and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, is seeking to end the unnecessary and unjust criminalization of immigrants…

We’re another week closer to Election Day, and this week we’re watching the vice presidential debate, uplifting messaging around young voters of color, and teaming up with the Washington Football Team to encourage people to register to vote. Check out what we have going on this week: Tonight, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will face off in the first and only vice presidential debate of the election season. Last week’s presidential debate incorrectly framed the uprisings this summer. Will this week’s debate attempt to falsely mischaracterize the movement to defend Black life? Listen in at 9pm ET and join the…

Stand Up and VOTE Advancement Project National Office and the Washington Football Team are working together to advance racial justice and equality in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. By encouraging civic engagement and providing mutual aid, we can help to build the power of Black and Brown communities. Together, we’re giving the DMV a playbook for making their vote count. Voter education is particularly important this year, when so many people will be voting by mail for the first time. The deadline to register to vote is Tuesday, October 13 in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Go to…

One topic that will likely be framed incorrectly during the Presidential debates? The murder of Black people and the subsequent uprisings this summer.

Impacted people behind bars share harrowing stories of coronavirus outbreaks, unsanitary conditions Baton Rouge, LA – Last night, several civil rights and racial justice organizations pushed back on efforts by the Sheriff and Warden of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison to silence the detainees trapped inside the facility and to hide from community members and taxpayers what the organizations say is really happening in the jail.  The Sheriff and Warden, defendants in a federal lawsuit filed by the advocates, claim that the jail has the coronavirus pandemic under control, but the plaintiffs and…

One hundred years ago today, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote was ratified. Women’s suffrage was a century-long fight achieved through protest, advocacy and the legendary work of trailblazing women of color including Sojourner Truth, Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells. These women organized to combat racist policies, elect people of color to public office and create community institutions that provided mutual aid to their communities. Today, the nation cannot deny that women of color are a “…