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Shirley Chisholm: Words of Wisdom

"We Americans have a chance to become someday a nation in which all racial stocks and classes can exist in their own selfhoods, but meet on a basis of respect and equality and live together, socially, economically, and politically."

"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."

"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."


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Introducing Catalysts for a New Democracy

Catalysts for a New Democracy (CND) is a call forward - a bold invitation to follow the leadership of rural, Black frontline communities shaping a more just and livable world.

We are stepping forward with renewed resolve as we come together with communities to unblock the pathways to health, wellness, fulfillment, and self-determination that have been made purposefully difficult to navigate.

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Latest Blog Posts

Black Women Are Leading the Way to Energy Justice

By Jacqueline Patterson Amy Mays endured repeated electricity shutoffs in her Arizona home, endangering her family with life-threatening temperatures and putting her business at risk. But Amy didn’t just survive, she innovated. Amy turned to solar power, going off-grid to power her home and business. In this way, Amy transformed crisis into opportunity — and…

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Breaking the Silence: Redefining Expertise for Black Liberation and Just Transition

By Tanya Lord, PhD, MPHSoft-Spoken Advocate, Ally, and Associate Director of the Black Liberation & Just Transition Institute In 1999, my son Noah died from medical errors following a routine tonsillectomy. As my grief shifted, sometimes softening and sometimes intensifying, I found myself consumed not just by how he died, but by how I was…

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