4/29/2021: Disaster Justice & The THRIVE Agenda

THE PRAXIS PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS From the inequitable impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to fires ravaging the West Coast, from migrant children being forcibly separated from their parents at the border to continued police violence against the Black community, we have witnessed an array of disasters in the last year and beyond. Over six months in 2020, The Praxis Project, Living Hope Wheelchair Association, and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee convened a Learning Circle cohort of community organizers to develop a disaster justice framework from a racial justice perspective. Join us for our webinar on Thursday, May 6, 2021 to learn more about this framework!   Register In Praxis Podcast Episodes 6 & 7 Now Available In Praxis Season 2   The second season of In Praxis continues! If you haven't tuned in, check out our newest episodes: SWEET DANGER: Jeff Ritterman breaks down some of the literature on the mechanisms by which excess sugar in sweetened beverages lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. COMMUNITY-LED PARTICIPATORY POLICYMAKING: Sara Soka discusses the process of passing Measure D and the importance of community in moving SSB work forward. Episodes will be released every other week. Stay tuned where ever you listen to podcasts. We are on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. Transcripts of episodes 6 & 7, edited for readability, has been provided on our website. You can also watch episodes 6 & 7 on YouTube with subtitles for accessibility!   POLICY NEWS & ACTION THRIVE Agenda   In honor of Earth Day, this month we want to highlight #THRIVEAgenda   We have a historic chance for Congress to pass a transformational economic recovery and infrastructure package that puts 15 million people to work in good, union, family sustaining jobs, cuts climate pollution in half by 2030, and advances racial, Indigenous, gender, environmental, and economic justice.   Take Action: Call your senator and tell them to co-sponsor the THRIVE Act. Make the call today!   POLICY NEWS & ACTION Take Action: Sign in support the Automatic Boost to Communities (ABC) Act Take Action: Sign on to support tax cuts for working families not mega-corporations #TaxTheRich Take Action: Tell Congress to spring into action to fix the child care crisis. Let's Pass a comprehensive Child Care for Working Families Act. Take Action: Demand Justice for Daunte Wright Take Action: Tell the Biden Administration to Stop Deportations Take Action: Demand Congress to end qualified immunity & demand police accountability Take Action: Tell Congress to pass the no Ban Act #NoMuslimBanEver Take Action: Support Young People: Tell the Biden Administration and Congress to End the School-To- Prison-Deportation  Pipeline! #YouthMandate Take Action: Demand a pathway to citizenship Take Action: Demand Congress to fix Unemployment insurance (UI) #FixUI RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCES Resource: Grantmakers in the the Arts' (GIA) Solidarity Not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy, a report discussing how the grantmakers can support culture-workers and artists through an increasingly just economy. Webinar: All of Us or None webinar on the "Exception to Slavery" clause in the California and US Constitution with Professor Angela Davis, Professor Denis Childs, and Troy Williams on May 7th at 2:00pm PT. Register here. Resource: Don't Call the Police, a site community-based alternatives to police in cities across the nation.  Resource: Democracy at Work Institute's Democratic Management: A Practical Guide for Managers and Others, a collection of democratic practices used by worker cooperative managers and taught by some of the leading consultants to democratic companies. Resource: Project NIA's Cosmic Possibilities: An Intergalactic Youth Guide to Abolition, a creative and reflective publication created over a series of several weeks after the summer 2020 Abolitionist Youth Organizing Institute (AYO, NYC!).  Resource: Make the Road NY's Excluded Workers Fund and Rent Relief resources.  Resource: Human Impact Partner's California Local Health Department Actions for Worker Health and Safety During COVID-19 Guide for California LHDs to learn about the range of actions they can take to protect and support workers during the pandemic and beyond. Training: Confronting Crises with Solidarity two-part training hosted by Building Movement Project Strategic Advisor Deepa Iyer. The first session, Building Strong Social Change Ecosystems, will be held May 6, 9:30–11.00 am PT. The second session,  Solidarity Beyond Hashtags and Slogans, will be held May 13, 9:30–11.00 am PT. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES The Gathering for Justice Community Relief Fund supports 501c3 organizations providing direct services to California youth released from a Juvenile Detention center/Youth Prison/Camp, systems-impacted or formerly incarcerated young people and families (up to $5k grants). Apply by May 2021. Learn more. RWJF's Health Equity Scholars for Action fund support the professional development and career advancement of historically underrepresented researchers (grants up to $250k for projects). Applications due June 16, 2021. Learn more. The Consumer Health Foundation's Community Power grantmaking program supports organizations that are committed to racial equity and are operationalizing it, undertaking community organizing or community engagement, and undertaking advocacy in the greater Washington D.C. area (grants between $15-$20k). Applications due July 16, 2021. Learn more. Community Catalyst  Vaccine Equity and Access Program supports community-based organizations led by and working with people of color to facilitate information about, and access to, vaccines as part of a broader effort to reduce vaccination disparities, specifically in influenza and COVID-19 vaccination rates ($100k for 12-month projects). Apply by May 5, 2021. Learn more. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG) is hiring a remote part-time Health Equity Program Associate & Strategic Communications Specialist Economic Security Project (ESP) is seeking a Cultural Strategist Ms. Foundation for Women is searching for a Program Officer, Birth Justice Strategic Concepts in Organizing Policy & Education (SCOPE) is hiring a Development Manager Free Press is hiring for multiple positions National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) is hiring Senior Director Public Health Systems , Project Coordinator, Health Equity Manager each position is remote based in Washington, D.C AAPI FORCE-EF is seeking a Communications Manager based in Oakland, CA National Partnership for Women and Families is seeking a Health Justice Policy Associate based in Washington, D.C. Family Equality is searching for a Director of Family Formation (for LGBTQ families), remote Northwest Health Foundation is hiring a Finance & Operations Director based in Portland, OR Weave the Social Fabric Project is hiring a Program Assistant based in Washington, D.C. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is hiring multiple positions The Sentencing Project is seeking a new Development Director, remote Public Counsel's Homeless Prevention Law Project is hiring multiple positions Green 2.0 is seeking a Communications Manager based in the Washingtont D.C.-Baltimore area Legal Aid at Work is searching for a Work and Family Staff Attorney based in San Francisco, CA The Center for Cultural Power is hiring a Director of Communications, Remote Stop LAPD Spying is looking for a Community Organizer National Partnership for Women & Families is hiring Health Justice Policy Associate based in Washington, D.C.  SHARE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES Do you have any resources or opportunities to share with our network? Reply to this email and tell us about it! The Praxis Project is a values-driven national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve health justice through partnerships to build community power. 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