social justice

At the Facing Race Conference in Chicago, Malkia Cyril, Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice, made a powerful appeal for organizers and activists to see the fight for Net Neutrality and accessible and affordable broadband, as an important component of the fight for social and economic justice. Cyril explained, ""we must demand a framework for broadband policy that ensures equity and justice and includes, among others, direct broadband subsidies to low-income households, schools and libraries, protections for all other consumers especially those using broadband to call their loved ones in prisons or in other countries, and rules that codify free speech for those for whom that right has been systemically, consistently and historically denied."

Date: January 18th (Martin Luther King Day)
Time: 3pm
Location: 440 North Broad St. (School District Headquarters)

Dr. King spent his life using non-violent organizing to combat violence and violent systems and institutions.

For over 30 years Bread & Roses Community Fund has been supporting movements for racial and economic justice by providing grants, technical assistance and leadership development to local, community-based organizations working for social change. Our philosophy is change, not charity because we believe that changing public policy and public opinion to address the fundamental problems that cause inequity makes the need for charity obsolete. This year, for our annual Tribute to Change event, we are curating a collection of photographs that document communities coming together to build power and self-determination, empowerment, and working for social change. These photos will be exhibited alongside the work of renowned documentary photographer Harvey Finkle who has produced a substantial body of work concerned with social, political and cultural issues.