Homepage

Latest News

The No Justice No Peace Podcast Episode # 7

Question and Answer with RJN! DMV Chapter Project Director Carolyn Lowery CLICK HERE to listen! Carolyn Lowery gives insights during a question and answer session about her 20 years of experience in organizing, advocacy and policy change. She shares insights from her past work and her plans for the work...More

September 3, 2020 RJNAdmin 89 0

Online Town Hall for #PoliceFreeSchools: Montgomery County Maryland

Join us on Thursday September 17th with Montgomery County Maryland, County Councilman Will Jawando, to put an end to police presence in local schools. The Oakland Unified school district removed police from schools and so did Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lets all do our part to make Montgomery County, Maryland a #PoliceFree...More

September 2, 2020 RJNAdmin 91 0

RJN! hosts 2 day organizing, advocacy, & policy training

Attendees from the Washington, D.C. area attended a 2 day four hour training (online), conducted by Racial Justice NOW! staff and board members. The training was about organizing, advocacy, and policy strategies. Over 30 registrants spent time with RJN! to learn about how to initiate and win campaigns for social...More

August 18, 2020 RJNAdmin 119 0

RJN! DMV Monthly Meetings Black Family Voices #SchoolsAreEssential

Black Family Voices On August 22nd, Racial Justice NOW! DMV will host the second monthly meeting for the new school year! Our monthly meetings provide a forum for Black/ African American parents, guardians, students, and community members to address their specific interests and issues. It is a place to learn...More

August 18, 2020 RJNAdmin 101 0

A Silver Spring Family Accuses Police Of Excessive Force During A No-Knock Warrant

WAMU | JUN 26 A Silver Spring Family Accuses Police Of Excessive Force During A No-Knock Warrant Dominique Maria Bonessi This story was updated at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday, June 27. A family in Silver Spring is accusing the Montgomery County Police Department of using excessive force after police served a no-knock warrant...More

June 28, 2020 RJNAdmin 276 0

Black children make up one-fifth of MCPS enrollment, half of arrests

School board requested similar data to evaluate resource officer program BY CAITLYNN PEETZ FOLLOW @CAITLYNNPEETZ14 | Published: 2020-06-24 20:51 As Montgomery County debates whether to keep police officers based in its schools, new data show that Black children make up one-fifth of MCPS’ student population, but account for nearly half of student...More

June 27, 2020 RJNAdmin 305 0

Protesters advocate defunding the police at rally in Silver Spring

Speakers want county to invest more in social services BY DAN SCHERE BETHESDAMAGAZINE.COM | Published: 2020-06-13 20:24 Protesters gathered in Silver Spring on Saturday to advocate for defunding the police PHOTOS BY DAN SCHERE More than 100 protesters gathered in Veterans Plaza outside the Silver Spring Civic Center Saturday evening to...More

June 17, 2020 RJNAdmin 196 0

In Montgomery County, protesters spoke of George Floyd and another death at home

WashingtonPost.com June 5, 2020 By Dan Lamothe Hundreds gathered Thursday evening at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring to protest police violence and the recent fatal shooting by a Montgomery police officer. (Dan Lamothe/The Washington Post) More than 300 vehicles strong, a “car parade protest” poured into a Montgomery County...More

June 8, 2020 RJNAdmin 231 0

RJN! Co-Founder appears on The Next World: A Podcast About Building Movements

iheartradio Sarah Lazare and Zakiya Sankara-Jabar on Reparations, the Green New Deal, and the School to Prison Pipeline Sarah Lazare and Zakiya Sankara-Jabar on Reparations, the Green New Deal, and the School to Prison Pipeline May 1, 2019 • 41 min Co-hosts Puck Lo and journalist Sarah Lazare in conversation about reparations, the Green...More

June 8, 2020 RJNAdmin 289 0

Residents express racial profiling, policing concerns at forum

thesentinel.com KATHLEEN STUBBS SUN, JUN. 16, 2019 WHEATON – Residents took turns giving suggestions about what to consider in the county police chief search during a town hall attended by County Executive Marc Elrich and Councilmember Will Jawando (D-At Large). June 6, 2019: Montgomery County resident Tiffany Smith comments on...More

June 8, 2020 RJNAdmin 230 0

Popular Posts

RJN! featured in report on Federal Commission on School Safety, attends Press Conference in Washington, D.C.

“Do the Harder Work–Create Cultures of Connectedness in Schools”: A Youth & Parent Organizer Response to the Federal Commission on School Safety NEW REPORT: On December 5, 2018, the...More

August 7, 2019 RJNAdmin 677 0

RJN!/WDYTF meet with United Nations Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance

This week in New York City, Racial Justice NOW! / West Dayton Youth Task Force Executive Director, H.A. Jabar attended a meeting with Tendayi Achiume, United Nations Special Rapporteur on...More

November 2, 2018 RJNAdmin 631 0

RJN! DMV to host DSC Week of Action Event on Behavioral Threat Assessments,Predictive Analytics & Use of Data

The Racial Justice NOW! DMV Chapter will be participating in the Dignity in Schools Campaign 10th Annual National Week of Action to end the school to prison pipeline. This years...More

October 19, 2019 RJNAdmin 518 0

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to testify at 10:15 a.m. ET on the department’s budget request for fiscal 2020

Department of Education Budget Request for FY 2020 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will testify today at 10:15 a.m. ET on the department’s budget request for fiscal 2020 before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor,...More

March 26, 2019 RJNAdmin 512 0

RACIAL JUSTICE NOW! PARTICIPATES IN THE DIGNITY IN SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN NATION EVENT TO END SCHOOL PUSHOUT.

cofionline.org The National Week of Action Event Weekend was kicked off by an elegant welcome reception hosted by The Woman of God’s Design Ministry (WOGD) at Community Organizing and Family...More

August 7, 2019 RJNAdmin 468 0

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- March 21, 2019

2019 Theme: Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies Racist extremist movements based on ideologies that seek to promote populist, nationalist agendas are spreading in various parts...More

March 20, 2019 RJNAdmin 384 0

New Report- The Capitol of Suspensions: : Examining the Racial Exclusion of Black Males in Sacramento County

Across the nation, Black males are routinely exposed to exclusionary practices that remove them from learning environments (Howard, 2008, 2013; Wood, 2017; Wood, Essien, & Blevins, 2017). These practices include...More

July 16, 2019 RJNAdmin 329 0

RJN! DMV Chapter gets first win; Black Lives Matter at School Resolution Passes in Howard County, MD

RJN! staff has been sharing knowledge and organizing with Howard County, MD parents, youth, and community members in support of the Black Lives Matters at School annual event. In preparation...More

January 25, 2019 RJNAdmin 318 0

Confronting the Education Debt and Failing Brown v Board: The Crisis in Public Education Legislative Briefing in Washington, D.C.

On January 24, 2019 Our Director, Hashim Jabar attended a legislative briefing in Washington, D.C. at the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Representative...More

March 15, 2019 RJNAdmin 310 0