The COVID-19 public health emergency derailed a lot of progressive policy advocacy efforts in the 2020 legislative session. The 2021 session has begun and there are a flurry of reforms being considered by legislators. We’ll be discussing our legislative agenda and some of the challenges we expect in getting it executed. Dayvon Love, the Director […]
By: Dayvon Love | Maryland Matters I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward […]
Dayvon Love | published by the American Bar Association, Vol. 46, No. 2: Civil Rights Reimagining Policing The issue of police brutality has become a mainstream political issue over the last several years. The increase in the number of stories that are being told about police brutality in the mainstream, however, is not an indication […]
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle is pleased to convene our 7th Annual Black Legislative Agenda Day: From the Baltimore Grassroots. Our hope is that those of us working in the grassroots can use this as an opportunity to work collaboratively on our efforts in Annapolis to support legislation that will help our communities. Source: Leaders […]
Historically, Black people’s struggle for our collective liberation has been rooted in the cultivation of a Black power base. During the period of Enslavement and Jim Crow, the Black Church served as the power base that powered much of Black freedom movement. Black people in various arenas have developed entities that have served as Black […]
LBS & BRIDGE Maryland host the “Town Hall For Racial Justice in Maryland.” We discuss engaging in the political arena and organizing for political power in our communities. Source: BRIDGE Maryland