Spokane Community Against Racism: Community Organizing and the Platform for Change
Location
Sasquatch Room 124 C
Start Date
21-4-2023 3:50 PM
End Date
21-4-2023 5:05 PM
Publication Date
2023
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Law | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Spokane Community Against Racism Steering Committee Members Dr. Pui-Yan Lam, Rev Rick Matters, Rev. Walter Kendricks, Jac Archer, and Justice Forral will discuss the hurdles of local community organizing, what has worked for us, and how we help support grassroots and grasstop organizations from marches to legislative action. Discussions related to hearing directly from impacted community voices and empowering their voices, growing a community based organization, political advocacy from a grassroots to grasstop organizations, and community building and involvement. The Platform for Change 2.0 is a community driven document. The original Platform for Change had over 25 local organization sign on and has been used to craft other legislative demands and push for a more equitable system for our communities. For the Platform for Change 2.0 we have reach out to impacted communities to hear how they feel about safety and security in within their communities. This process has helped us gain a better understanding of what our local community members face and their immediate concerns.
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Recommended Citation
Archer, Jac; Kendricks, Walter; Forral, Justice; and Lam, Pui-Yan, "Spokane Community Against Racism: Community Organizing and the Platform for Change" (2023). International Conference on Hate Studies. 45.
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/icohs/2023/seventh/45
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Spokane Community Against Racism: Community Organizing and the Platform for Change
Sasquatch Room 124 C
Spokane Community Against Racism Steering Committee Members Dr. Pui-Yan Lam, Rev Rick Matters, Rev. Walter Kendricks, Jac Archer, and Justice Forral will discuss the hurdles of local community organizing, what has worked for us, and how we help support grassroots and grasstop organizations from marches to legislative action. Discussions related to hearing directly from impacted community voices and empowering their voices, growing a community based organization, political advocacy from a grassroots to grasstop organizations, and community building and involvement. The Platform for Change 2.0 is a community driven document. The original Platform for Change had over 25 local organization sign on and has been used to craft other legislative demands and push for a more equitable system for our communities. For the Platform for Change 2.0 we have reach out to impacted communities to hear how they feel about safety and security in within their communities. This process has helped us gain a better understanding of what our local community members face and their immediate concerns.