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Our Brother’s Keeper
Source: Flatbush Pictures
Almost 20 years after Duane Edward Buck was convicted of capital murder, his siblings — Marvin, Phyllis, and Monique — reflect on their brother's resilience in the face of an extraordinary injustice: a piece of explicitly racist testimony from a psychologist that likely sent him…
Resource type: Video
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My Brother’s Keeper National Summit
Source: The White House
Watch Christopher G. Oechsli, Atlantic’s President and CEO, speak at this White House panel celebrating the work of the My Brother’s Keeper initiative across the U.S. The panel also included: Blair Taylor, CEO, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Tonya Allen, President and CEO, Skillman Foundation Tony West, Executive Vice…
Resource type: Video
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Inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Source: CBS This Morning
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture will open its doors to the public Sept. 24. "CBS This Morning" co-hosts Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell joined the museum's founding director, Lonnie Bunch, for a tour of what makes the 19th and newest…
Resource type: Video
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My Brother’s Keeper 2016 Progress Report
Source: The White House
[caption id="attachment_76813" align="alignleft" width="300"] On the first anniversary of the My Brother's Keeper initiative, President Barack Obama greets Gerard Contee during a mentee lunch in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Feb. 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)[/caption] This is…
Resource type: Research Report
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More Caring, Less Fear
Source: Huffington Post
By Robert K. Ross, M.D., President and CEO of The California Endowment, and Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation, who are co-chairs of the Executives' Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color -- a growing network of nearly 40 national, regional…
Resource type: News
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A Bad Ruling on Stop-and-Frisk
Source: The New York Times
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was unwise to put a stay on the necessary remedies Judge Shira Scheindlin of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered in August in response to the civil rights violations of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy.And it overreached in taking…
Resource type: News
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Where I Am Going: A Campaign to Change the Conversation About Stop-and-Frisk
Source: Communities United for Police Reform
Communities United For Police Reform, an Atlantic grantee, recently launched Where I Am Going, a video series that peeks into the lives of people who've experienced NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk policy. These short documentaries gives us a glance into the lives of ordinary New Yorkers — a…
Resource type: Video
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Judge Rules NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
In a historic ruling on 12 August 2013, a federal judge found the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stop-and-frisk practices — which entail temporarily detaining people on the street, questioning them, and possibly also frisking or searching them — unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. This legal victory…
Resource type: News
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New York Communities for Change
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Resource type: Grantee
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Where I Am Going: Video Campaign to Raise Awareness and Change the Conversation about Stop-And-Frisk
Source: Communities United for Police Reform
Communities United For Police Reform, an Atlantic grantee, recently launched Where I Am Going, a video series that peeks into the lives of people who've experienced NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk policy. These short documentaries gives us a glance into the lives of ordinary New Yorkers — a…
Resource type: News
