Feb 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Gathering Voices, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice
Eric Ward is executive director of the Western States Center, located in Portland, Oregon. A nationally-recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy, Eric brings over 30 years of leadership in...
Mar 21, 2019 | Civil Rights, FORusa Feature, Racial, Reparations
We need to deepen our analysis of the lives and legacies of revered leaders, especially in the arenas of activism and social change. As Coleman Hughes recently pointed out in The New York Times (“The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative...
Mar 5, 2019 | Civil Rights, FORusa Feature, Racial, Reparations, Uncategorized
No one is perfect. That includes civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. That’s the message columnist Coleman Hughes and video producer Taige Jensen tried to send in a multimedia New York Times opinion piece titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative...
Mar 1, 2019 | Civil Rights, News, Racial, Reparations
On February 28, 2019, The New York Times published a 6-minute multimedia video, narrated by Times contributing opinion writer Coleman Hughes, titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative Action: How would Bayard Rustin be judged today?”...
