November 1, 2016Fifty years from now, what will the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture's exhibit on the Movement for Black Lives look like? Will the exhibit feature videos from the hundreds...
November 8, 2016My abuela, a woman born in Old San Juan, taught me how to make café con leche. She taught me how to wake up my mind and my memory. So every morning, I wake up a few minutes early to make coffee. It’s...
February 10, 2017Sanctuary cities. Everybody is talking about them. Less than two weeks ago, New York City Mayor de Blasio said “ we will go to court immediately ” if President Trump cuts federal funding because of...
Francesca Maxime hosts this Town Hall on immigration featuring experts discussing the implications of the new administration’s immigration policies, why immigrants are in danger, what to expect...
Updated: March 22, 2017
August 10, 2017Two weeks ago, on the 102nd anniversary of the Haitian Revolution, I attended the Black Alliance for Just Immigration’s (BAJI) Black-centered delegation to the U.S. Southern border in San Diego,...
August 28, 2017Today, we—the Movement for Black Lives, Color of Change, the Women’s March, the Center for Constitutional Rights—and many other organizations and people of faith, will begin a 110-mile march from...
Mic's Aaron Morrison spoke to participants in #CVille2DC about their motivations and hopes for the future.
Updated: September 12, 2017
October 28, 2017DETROIT, MICHIGAN—At this weekend’s Women’s Convention, an event that’s already packed with terrifyingly impressive people, Stephanie Llanes, the Bertha Justice Institute Fellow at the nonprofit...