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Rising To The Top: Founder, CEO on Supporting All WOC To Succeed

Fundraising Leadership

After two years she transferred to the University of Florida, graduating in 1999 with degrees in political science and business, and the intention of going to law school. She moved home to help out her mother for one year after her grandfather died, working at a law firm. And it was clear it was time to do that.

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What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?

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All of our children are well fed, and everyone has dental, medical, and mental healthcare. Robinson, a professor of political science and Black studies. 11 A study by the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern Law School in Evanston, IL, found that ShotSpotter has a false alarm rate of 89 percent.

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Unlearning to Relearn: An Interview with Stephanie Bowman of Mothers Out Front

NonProfit Quarterly

So, I went to college at Hampton University and studied political science. After graduation, I worked for a law firm focusing on discrimination cases and began to see Kansas City’s various injustices first-hand. I realized that I wanted to be an organizer for life.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. The Politics of Movements How have movements responded to the causes and effects of skyrocketing inequality?