March 19, 2013 – Grassroots Social Justice groups and networks are changing the landscape of media strategy from the ground up according to a new report out today, Echoing Justice: Communications Strategies for Community Organizing in the 21st Century.
In a new report, Survival Denied: Stories from Alaska Native Families in a Broken System (co-authored by CCHE Grantee The Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments (CATG) and Alliance for a Just Society is a firm statement on the change needed for the families of over 260 tribes throughout the State of Alaska. The report details the ongoing legal morass between federal and state law.
"South Central Los Angeles [is the] home of the drive-thru and the drive-by. Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."
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After nearly 2 years of grassroots research and analysis, POWER, the DataCenter, and Urban Habitat are proud to release undefinedNext Stop: Justice / Próxima Parada: Justicia — offering a cutting edge, comprehensive analysis of public transit in San Francisco, with a vision for transit policy that puts race and the environment at the center.
LUPE, a grantee of CCHE, is celebrating a year of major victories. In their recent end-of -the-year eblast, among many highlights, they announce that "After an 8 year campaign, won the installation of streetlights in 13 Hidalgo County colonias. Organizing with the Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE) initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, LUPE members worked with Hidalgo County Commissioners and their precinct staff to fund and install the first of what we hope will be many more streetlights to come."
The Praxis Project Cultivates New Generation of Food Policy Advocates Through “EAT4 Health” Fellowship Program
La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) is a "Healthy Hoods" champion. Most recently they scored a major victory by helping to implement a regional plan for Section 3 which uses federal funding to help foster economic development and sustainable communities. The regional plan they worked on with the RGV Equal Voice Network is consider the strongest in the state and was featured in The Monitor - read about it here.
With roots in the struggle for educational justice, "Healthy Hoods" champion Padres Unidos has evolved over the past twenty years into a multi-issue organization led by people of color in the Denver, Colorado area who work for educational excellence, racial justice for youth, immigrant rights and quality healthcare for all. Most recently, Padres Unidos published "Health Justice Report: A Community Analysis of Nutrition, Food Access and Physical Activity in Denver Public Schools". Read the report here. #
