Author: Stefi Mar

First Annual Malcolm X Human Rights Breakfast Raises Awareness and Funds for The Next Generation

This past weekend, Fixins Soul Kitchen in downtown LA was host to the first annual Malcolm X Human Rights Breakfast. According to Torrence Brannon-Reese, Founding Director of FAMLI, inc., and creator of this event, “I was astonished to learn that no one in Los Angeles, over the past 50 plus years, had ever held a breakfast in honor of Minister Malcolm.”

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For Mother’s Day, Advocates Highlight the Mass Incarceration of Black Women

On May 11, the Essie Justice Group (Essie), along with Bay Area leaders, community organizations and advocates gathered at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland to call attention to the damage inflicted on families and communities by the mass incarceration of Black women over generations. The event was part of the annual National Bail Out Campaign (NBO), #FreeBlackMamas.

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