So proud to have their leadership on the Marguerite Casey Foundation Board of Directors!

What Preceded This Bloodshed in Gaza Was Not “Peace” — It Was Apartheid NYC Tw*tterati and Puff the Magic Hater reflect on how we got here, and share an excerpt from their book #LetThisRadicalizeYou. Read it here: truthout.org/articles/what-…

Attica Was More Than a Riot. It Offered a Framework for Revolutionary Struggle. Orisanmi Burton discusses the Black radical organizing that preceded and followed the Attica prison uprising. truthout.org/articles/attic…

"At work, let’s fight for strong workers’ movements — not only unions — that recognize and build upon the shared interests of a multiracial working class." hammerandhope.org/article/uprisi…

Here's a blog, out today, on one of my favorite tenant union fights this year. I reflect on what we won and how we won it, applying the lens of "non-reformist reforms." Big thanks to @orangebegum and James Brandt for inviting and editing! lpeproject.org/blog/emancipat…

Twitter Can Work! Despite real critiques, my new theGrio.com op-ed, "How Universities Became the Friendly Face of Urban Renewal Projects that Destroyed Black Communities," came from Leah Goodridge showing love here. This is part of a larger groundswell... 1) thegrio.com/2023/12/13/how…

Join NationSwell and @caseygrants for the third event in our #MCFBookClub series: “#SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence” featuring author Kimberlé Crenshaw, Carmen Rojas, PhD 🐜, and Ms. Rhanda Dormeus. Register buff.ly/3xqAJbv

A huge shoutout to KC Tenants who helped lead the charge against this billionaire giveaway. x.com/KCTenants/stat…

BREAKING: Over 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Tennessee just joined the UAW in a landslide. They’re the first American workers to win a union at a non-union car company in decades. This historic victory will change the auto industry, and the future of American labor.

🔥from Robin D.G. Kelley in this Open Letter to Columbia University President Shafik: "You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment." bostonreview.net/articles/lette…

Join us tomorrow May 9th at 6pm CT for our webinar on campus support for Gaza, moderated by Barbara Ransby and featuring Eman Abdelhadi Ananya Roy @premillanadasen and NadineSuleimanNaber

The campus fight for Palestine has rightfully brought calls for university endowment transparency and ethical investment to the headlines. I want to amplify the important documentary ExclusionU, where I was featured, which takes up this issue head on. AVAILABLE NOW on YouTube

I wrote about what the "end" of neoliberalism means for philanthropy and how funders can help build state capacity to deliver public goods. nonprofitquarterly.org/what-does-the-…

Chicago! Freedom is a Constant Struggle Join us for a conversation with Angela Y. Davis & Marc Lamont Hill, moderated by Carmen Rojas, PhD 🐜 of Marguerite Casey Foundation, & hosted by Dima Khalidi of Palestine Legal Wednesday, Oct. 2nd at 6:30 pm at Music Box Theatre Get tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

They are the thinkers and doers helping to fuel the next generation of liberation movements, writes Carmen Rojas, PhD 🐜 of Marguerite Casey Foundation on winners of the 2024 #FreedomScholar awards. commondreams.org/opinion/2024-f…

Register for our final #MCFBookClub event with @caseygrants celebrating “King: A Life” with Pulitzer-winning biographer Jonathan Eig, Carmen Rojas, PhD 🐜 , and @darrickhamilton. Join on November 19th in New York City: buff.ly/3zE5Z8H

Few understand and wield power like Sara Nelson. Thank you, Sara, for this very generous write up on Tenant Union Federation and our organizing for #TIME100NEXT 💛 "Solidarity is stronger than gravity—and stronger than the corporate greed that’s invaded every aspect of American life."

NEW: Kansas City tenants just launched the largest rent strike in decades. They're burning their rent notices to demand a new landlord, a national rent cap, and the right to collectively bargain their leases. And they could change renting in America as we know it.

BREAKING: TENANTS WIN $1.35 M, RENT STRIKE CONTINUES

Did you hear the news? Issue 5 is live. It's jam-packed and free to read here: hammerandhope.org