If recent political events have made anything clear, it's that white people need to be doing better and doing more in the fight for racial and economic justice. But we won't be able to win by ignoring or ridiculing poor and working-class white progressive leaders and organizations.
If we’re going to successfully stop Trump, fight global racial inequality, and build a more equitable system for the 99 rather than the 1%, we’re going to need to stop scapegoating the white working class. Rather, progressive movements, and particularly white people of privilege, need to engage with and learn from the leadership of white working-class communities that have been leading progressive campaigns for economic, environmental, and health justice in Trump-like areas for decades.
From April 20-23, 40 leaders organizing with poor and working class white communities across the U.S. will gather at the historic Highlander Center to share skills, strategy, and analysis about building racial justice.
The organization that I intern with - Catalyst Project - is raising money to make sure that this event happens. I work at Catalyst -- a collective of white folks who train other white folks in anti-racist work-- because I believe that those who unjustly benefit from unjust systems must play a significant role in tearing those systems down.
Will you help me with my goal of raising $500 in 6 days so that we can make the convening of white poor and working class anti-racist organizers possible?
with love and rage,
marlee