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(CNN) Marsha P. Johnson stood at the center of New York City’s gay liberation movement for nearly 25 years. But LGBTQ rights weren’t her only cause. She was on the front lines of protests against oppressive policing. She helped found one of the country’s first safe spaces for trans...
11 June, 2020 Notable Women in History
The world is on fire and I know we all want to DO something, but the question is what? WFP is going to continue to do what we have always done since the beginning of the Trump administration. We are going to build community, educate, and find meaningful ways to be active with our mission partners. W...
08 June, 2020 News Newsletter
#GeorgeFloyd #WeCantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter I am sure you have seen these hashtags a lot this week. At Women for Progress, we support the Black Lives Matter movement, and we take a stand against all racial injustices. George Floyd was murdered this week and became another victim of police brutalit...
01 June, 2020 News Newsletter
After Wyckoff Mayor Tom Madigan refused to fly the Pride Flag last year in June, which is Pride month, Mayor Tim Shanley raised the Pride Flag in front of the Wyckoff Public Library on June 1. Read the full story...
01 June, 2020 News Newsletter
This week, Women for Progress and 23 other organizations sent a letter to the New Jersey state party leaders demanding diversity in selecting members of the NJ Apportionment Commission. The letter calls for more women and more people of color on the commission which will be tasked with re-drawing th...
29 May, 2020 Press
Posted @withregram • @nytimes In the past year, researchers and activist groups have tallied thousands of racist incidents against Asian-Americans, a surge in hate that they link to former President Trump’s repeated references to the coronavirus as the “China virus.”![]()
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One of the latest, captured on video, was watched with horror around the world. Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old retired auditor from Thailand, was violently slammed to the ground by a man who charged into him at full speed during a morning walk in San Francisco in late January, and died of a brain hemorrhage two days later.![]()
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Vicha’s killing spurred a campaign to raise awareness by many prominent Asian-Americans who took to the internet using the hashtags #JusticeForVicha and #StopAsianHate.![]()
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At a time when demands for racial justice have rocked a demographically evolving nation, the killing of Vicha was notable for the galvanizing anger that it brought to a diverse group of Asian ethnicities that encompasses people of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian and Southeast Asian heritage. The killing of a Thai man in America has given voice to a united community under the umbrella of an Asian-American identity.![]()
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Tap the link in our bio to read the story. @jimwilson125 took this photo ataAn anti-hate rally outside the San Francisco civic center this month. #womenforprogress #wfphighlight
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Posted @withregram • @ppact LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. #EqualityAct 🏳️🌈✊🏿🏳️⚧️ #wfphighlight #womenforprogress ... See MoreSee Less
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Posted @withregram • @ppactionnj Join us on March 3 at 12pm for a virtual rally to take action in New Jersey to expand access by passing the Reproductive Freedom Act. Register today at buff.ly/37HgOFS #wfphighlight #womenforprogress ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you to @ywcannj for hosting our discussion on the 21 day Racial Equity/Social justice challenge tonight! The more we learn the better allies we can be! Thanks to everyone who attended!! @ppmnj #womenforprogress #wfphighlight #ywcannj #21daychallenge #antiracism ... See MoreSee Less
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Posted @withregram • @aclu_nationwide We won't mince words: One year ago today, Ahmaud Arbery became the victim of a racist lynching.![]()
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White supremacy puts a constant target on Black lives. We can never stop demanding justice. #wfphighlight #womenforprogress
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Posted @withregram • @ppact We are proud to follow the lead of Reproductive Justice orgs. ![]()
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🔁: @teensourceorg #regram ![]()
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This #BlackHistoryMonth we want to highlight the fact that in 1994, Black women began what’s known as the Reproductive Justice movement — a movement focused on securing bodily autonomy, self-determination, and the right to live and parent in safe and sustainable communities.![]()
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To learn more about reproductive justice, we recommend following some Black-led RJ orgs — here are a few but feel free to tag more in the comments!![]()
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Source: @soyouwanttotalkabout @sistersong_woc #wfphighlight
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Opinion | The impeachment videos put the hypocrisy of Blue Lives Matter on full display
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Posted @withregram • @shaunking 🤬🤬🤬🤬Do you remember this? They busted that man’s head wide open this summer. And aren’t being charged with ANYTHING. The DA in Buffalo, New York makes me sick. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. #womenforprogress #wfphighlight ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you for hosting this important event @ywcannj — it is time to take action. This Commissioner must go. Posted @withregram • @helenarchontou #supportwomen — all women. Head to @ywcannj #facebookpage to watch today’s #pressconference with #stateleaders and #advocates asking for #immediateaction and #radicalreform at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. #standwithus #believesurvivors ... See MoreSee Less
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Posted @withregram • @supermajority Meet Dekeda Brown from Olney, MD, Liz Halfhill from Spokane, WA, and Mercedes Quintana from Temecula, California. 3 American moms who highlighted their pandemic realities for the @nytimes. We know this country has failed moms. But seeing it through the lens of 3 overwhelmed mothers puts it in perspective: moms are on the brink, and there is no end in sight.![]()
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Story by @jessicabennett and @sharonimacaronii. Photos from Brenda Ann Kenneally via @nytimes #womenforprogress #wfphighlight
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Today!Join state leaders and key advocates as they come together with a call to action regarding the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women on Tuesday, February 9th at 12:30 p.m. via #FacebookLive.![]()
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Welcome and introductions: Helen Archontou, MSW, LSW, CEO, YWCA Northern NJ![]()
Senator Loretta Weinberg, 37th Legislative District![]()
Tia Ryans, Founding Executive Director, Forcing Out Recidivism Through Education (NJ Forte House)![]()
Senator Linda Greenstein, 14th Legislative District![]()
Bonnie Kerness, Program Director, American Friends Service Committee: Prison Watch Program![]()
Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, 37th Legislative District![]()
Maggie D’Aversa, PhD, Independent Researcher & Monitoring Committee, NJ Prison Justice Watch![]()
Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, 19th Legislative District![]()
Christian Fuscarino, Executive Director, Garden State Equality
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Posted @withregram • @aclu_nationwide Some say football is no place for politics. They’re wrong.![]()
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Exercising our constitutional right to criticize policies and practices that have failed us is one of the purest forms of patriotism.![]()
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Colin Kaepernick took a knee to protest unrelenting police violence against Black communities and was blacklisted because of it. ![]()
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize his contributions to the fight for racial justice. And to the players that kneeled this season — we’re with you. #womenforprogress #wfphighlight
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