MUST WATCH

New Orleans’ Recovery From Hurricane Katrina Leaves Some Behind – NBC News

An Unequal Recovery in New Orleans: Racial Disparities Grow in City 10 Years After Katrina

MUST READ

10 NOLA Groups Truly Doing the Work When the Cameras Aren’t On – Colorlines by Rosana Cruz – Graphics by Aura Bogado

Two Sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white – separate and unequal – The LENS – 8.28.2015

“We Lost My Grand Mother In The Storm. I don’t Mean She Passes, We Lost Her” – Refiner29 – 8.28.2015

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Must Watch

  Off the Streets & Onto The Syllabus: The Freddie Gray Course – NPR – 8/22/15 Continue reading FRN Must List – August 24 2015 →

I was blessed to be on the planning team for the recent Movement for Black Lives Convening – held July 24-26 in Cleveland, OH. Below are some of the many articles related to the Convening.

The Movement for Black Lives Convening – Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH

Strange Fruit Podcast: Police Violence, and the Movement for Black Lives Convening

Black Love Matters by Mark Winston Griffith

Black Lives Convening: A pivotal moment for liberation

#M4BL Convening 2015: Just What We Needed

Thousands of ‘freedom fighters’ in Cleveland for first national Black Lives Matter conference

MUST WATCH

Why are we still talking about Racism?

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