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Jun 6, 2024 · Californians for Justice is a statewide youth-powered organization fighting for racial justice. We believe that young people are the leaders we need to create the healthy, just and vibrant schools all of our communities deserve.
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Predictive Policing Explained- How Labor Laws Disfavor People of Color
- Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on Drugs
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- State Policing Reforms Since George Floyd’s Murder
- Myths and Realities: Understanding Recent Trends in Violent Crime
- The Equal Rights Amendment Explained
- How Congress Can Better Represent the People
Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice has grown from a five-person startup to a nationally recognized civil liberties law firm with offices in six states. Learn more about what we've accomplished along the away.
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Australia had some of the largest protests outside the U.S. after George Floyd’s murder. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country during June. Alongside Black Lives Matter signs, protesters carried placards with the names of some of the 476 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who, according to the Guard...
News of George Floyd’s murder reached a Brazil already deep in crisis over racial justice following the 2018 election of President Jair Bolsonaro. The far-right leader has compared Black people—who make up 56% of the country’s population—to cattle, celebrated police brutality in mostly Black favelas and tried to strip Indigenous communities of pro...
In July 2016, 24-year-old Adama Traoré was out walking, looking forward to celebrating his birthday later in the evening, when police apprehended him. Traoré, who was Malian-French, later died in police custody; his last words were reportedly “I can’t breathe,” the same as George Floyd’s final words. Protests erupted in Paris after Traoré’s death—a...
The Black Lives Matter movement prompted a reckoning in India over colorism, discrimination against those with darker skin tones, which has deep roots in India’s caste system and colonial history. Last summer, after Priyanka Chopra joined Indian stars in voicing support for BLM, social media users pointed out she and many others had promoted whiten...
Black Lives Matter marches held across Japan in June 2020 were both a gesture of solidarity with protesters in the U.S. and a call to confront racism at home. Much of the discussion in Japan has centered on discrimination toward biracial individuals, following multiple high-profile incidents of prejudice. In 2019, a Japanese comedy duo said tennis ...
Elections in New Zealand in October 2020 brought to power one of the world’s most diverse governments. The first parliamentarians of African, Latin American and Sri Lankan heritage were voted in; almost half of the seats went to women; more than 10% of lawmakers identify as LGBTQ. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Cabinet picks were no less diverse...
After a video emerged in October that appeared to show officers from Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) killing a young man, protests erupted, led by young Nigerians who were angry with their government for ignoring corruption and extrajudicial killings. (Police initially denied responsibility.) The outcry went global when the military sho...
In June, Black Lives Matter protesters in the U.K. drew worldwide attention when they tore down a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston and threw it into the harbor of Bristol in southwest England. But long before June, campaigners, activists and historians were interrogating the U.K.’s imperial past, and its deep implications for the...
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