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Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ agenda, prison labor in Texas, George Stinney Jr. and extreme heat.
Plus, tomorrow's workshop on effective facilitation.
Nicole Cardoza
June 16, 2024
ANTI-RACISM DAILY
June 16, 2024
Weekend Edition
Good morning and happy Sunday! With the presidential election looming, I’m eager to gather my people and start planning on how we’re showing up this season. We’ll be hosting a free civic engagement session next month to help you do the same! Let me know what questions or curiosities you have to make this session most useful.
This month, we’re gathering through a series of workshops led by incredible facilitators. You can explore them here. We’ve got our July book club date right around the corner, too!
Today’s newsletter is especially hefty. Daily readers: you’ll see resources for Juneteenth, another interview, and a handy guide on how to talk about Palestine in your community. Want to switch to our daily issue? Just add your email here.
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In the News
Young participants are seen at the National Trans Visibility March in downtown Orlando, Florida in October 2021. (RONEN TIVONY/SIPA/AP)
A second Trump term would double down on erasing trans rights. Here’s how advocates are preparing.
If Trump is re-elected, advocacy groups expect him to enact more extreme anti-LGBTQ+ policies than those he put in place during his first term. 19th News >
Depicting Palestine: what it means to witness a genocide.
Recent weeks have laid bare Israel’s efforts to censor and limit on-the-ground coverage of Gaza. In Atmos, Sarra Alayaan emphasizes why we have a moral duty to witness images and stories as Palestinians share them and as they speak them. Atmos >
From Wolf Point, Montana, to Gaza: ‘Colonialism is colonialism’.
Montana Indigenous leaders, fueled by their own historical battles against colonialism, rally behind Palestinians in Gaza. Prism >
Prison labor in Texas is modern-day slavery.
Working without pay in Texas prisons is a loophole in the 13th Amendment that the state takes full advantage of. Prism >
“We can’t wait”: how Black neighborhoods are preparing for the summer heat.
Amid scorching temperatures and a slow federal response, black communities are taking their well-being into their own hands. Capital B News >
New York spends $225 million on its own “cop city” — to make the whole city run on cops.
A proposed New York training facility shows how establishment politicians only understand governance through policing. The Intercept >
Supreme Court protects access to mifepristone, but war on abortion rights continues to escalate.
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge from anti-abortion groups to the nationwide availability of the abortion medication mifepristone, which is used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions. Democracy Now >
Biden expected to announce protections for certain undocumented immigrants.
President Biden is expected to announce an executive action that would shield nearly 1.1M undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. from deportation amidst heavy criticism of recent actions at the border. PBS >
Upcoming Workshops
Our upcoming workshops put the lessons in this newsletter into practice. Flexible enrollment, group plans, and discounts for cause-centric organizations are available.
 | Effective Facilitation Series |
 | Religious Inclusion at Work |
 | The Power of Neurodiversity |
This Day in History
The execution of George Stinney Jr.
The two mugshot photos of 14-year-old George Stinney Jr., who looks somberly at and away from the camera wearing striped prison gear and the number 260 pinned on his collar. Photo Source: Wikipedia
On June 16, 1944, George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old Black boy, was executed in South Carolina for the murder of two white girls—a crime he was accused of after the girls spoke to him briefly on March 24, 1944.
Without evidence or a proper defense, and after a grossly unfair trial, George was convicted by an all-white jury that deliberated for merely 10 minutes. His court-appointed attorney, a tax lawyer with political ambitions, offered virtually no defense.
George had been interrogated without his parents or an attorney, leading to an alleged confession, which was the only evidence presented at trial. His family was forced to flee due to threats, and George’s trial barred any African Americans from attending.
Seventy years after his execution, a judge vacated George's conviction, citing a lack of due process and effective representation, and declared the case a grave injustice. The judge's ruling highlighted the deep flaws in George's original trial, including the unreliable nature of his supposed confession and the ineffectiveness of his defense, marking a long-overdue acknowledgment of the miscarriage of justice George Stinney Jr. suffered.
Here’s how you can help innocent people incarcerated today:
Donate to the Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to freeing innocent people and transform the legal system.
Support The Exoneration Project, which provides free legal services to fight for the wrongfully convicted and free the innocent.
June Book Club
Join our June book club and read “Everything and Nothing at Once” by Joél Leon! We’re discussing the book all month long on Patreon and gathering virtually on Monday, July 1.
That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading. If you learned something new and want to keep this space going,
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