4/21/2022: History Bearing Fruit to the Present, The MORE Act

- PRAXIS ANNOUNCEMENTS - In Praxis Season 3 - Food Justice Ep 3 Release Season 3 of In Praxis continues! Join us as we explore community driven strategies for food justice in our latest episode. Ep.3: History Bearing Fruit to the Present - Kyle Tsukahira Kyle Tsukahira is the Co-Director of API Forward Movement based in Los Angeles, CA. In this episode, Kyle shares his journey into food justice work and his work to increase access to affordable and culturally relevant foods across ethnic backgrounds for the diverse Asian Pacific Islander community. Listen to the episode. *A transcript of this episode, edited for readability, is included on the website. - POLICY NEWS & ACTION - The MORE Act — the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act This act is historic in scope. It would end the criminalization of cannabis for adults by removing it from the list of controlled substances, eliminate related criminal penalties, and take several other major steps toward criminal justice reform, social justice, and economic development.  Take Action: With hundreds of thousands of arrests for marijuana every year that unfairly punish Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income communities, the Senate must not delay overdue justice any longer. Tell your Senators to move marijuana justice reform forward as soon as possible. TAKE ACTION Tell the Senate to Extend School Meals for All Join The Sentencing Project and support the COVID-19 Safer Detention Act and the First Step Implementation Act Join Black Feminist Future and support the #BringBrittneyHome campaign Council on Black Health is reimagining Black Health with the Black Health Bill of Rights. Sign on to endorse their platform. - RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES - RESOURCES Training: Social Movement Technology (SMT) is offering a 12 session Facebook & Instagram Ads for Organizing Certificate Program from 5/17-6/30. Learn More Resource: Me too created Survivor's Sanctuary a self-guided digital community platform with healing resources to meet you wherever you are on your journey. Toolkit: COO created Community Collaboration Agreement Toolkit to help organizations navigate written agreements for collaborative projects. Toolkit: Advocates for Youth created a toolkit Medical Mentorship for Young People Living with HIV Training: Access Project Nia's Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox Training on "Rape Culture Intervention" Resource: Access Dignity in Schools "Healing and Repair: Restorative and Transformative Justice" resource for educational services Webinar: Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project joins CalEndow Live on April 27th to discuss racial inequity and injustice. Register Toolkit: Legal Aid at Work has released a new toolkit for to help Transgender and Nonbinary workers navigate their worker's rights. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Emergent Rapid Response Fund. Emergent Fund supports emergent strategies that help communities respond through building power and long-term efforts social and economic justice efforts. Grants range from $10,000 to $30,000. Learn more & Apply. The Youth Access to Nature Fund. This fund from Justice Outside works to ensure youth of color in the San Francisco Bay Area have access to meaningful experiences in nature to support their growth as leaders and students, and to improve their mental and physical health. Grants are offered up to $25,000. Applications are due April 30, 2022. Learn more & Apply. Resist Grants for organizing, basebuilding, direct action, and cultural organizing. Resist foundation support groups organizing within communities for structural social and economic change. Grant applications are due quarterly (June 3, 2022) and provide general support groups for up to $4000 and up to $1000 for rapid response. Learn more & Apply. JOB OPPORTUNITIES The Praxis Project is hiring an Executive Assistant based in the SF Bay Area, CA Communities for a Better Environment is hiring a SELA Youth Organizing Network Coordinator based in Los Angeles, CA Coalition on Homelessness is hiring a Human Rights Organizer based in San Francisco, CA Young Women's Freedom Center is hiring for multiple positions based in the SF Bay Area, CA Mijente is seeking a Finance Manager based in Phoenix, AZ Legal Service for Prisoners with Children is hiring a Staff Attorney based in Oakland, CA Coalition for Human Rights in Development is hiring a Communications Facilitator based in the Global South VietRISE is seeking Field Canvassers for their Primary Election Outreach Team based in Garden Grove, CA Center for Law and Social Policy - CLASP is searching for a Senior Human Resources Compliance Manager based in Washington, D.C. Center for Community Investment - CCI is hiring an Assistant Director of Programs based in Washington, D.C. Center for Constitutional Rights is hiring a Technology Managed based in New York, NY Mujeres Unidas y Activas is seeking a Program Manager based in Oakland or San Francisco, CA Asia Pacific Transgender Network is hiring an Administrative and Human Resource Officer based in Asia Pacific The Marshall Project is hiring for multiple positions based in New York, NY The Praxis Project is a values-driven national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve health justice through partnerships to build community power. Our Community Power Digest - Monthly Newsletter features updates and news from The Praxis Project and our basebuilding network. If you'd like to stop receiving emails from us, simply click here to unsubscribe.