Voices for Racial Justice

Blog

Our  Blog is a storytelling platform for the exchange of many stories directing us towards a shared vision for racial justice. 

The City of Minneapolis Establishes a Division of Race and Equity

On December 6, I represented Voices for Racial Justice, providing public testimony before the Minneapolis City Council in support of ... Read More
Brett Grant
Director of Research and Policy

Overcoming Racism Through Education Equity

On November 4, Voices for Racial Justice Senior Organizer Julia Freeman and Research and Policy Director Brett Grant presented a ... Read More

Nurturing the Soil of Racial Justice Organizing: Our Emerging Strategic Plan

Next year, Voices for Racial Justice will be celebrating 25 years of working with our community to grow the organizing ... Read More

Bridging The Gap: Why Language Matters

Bridging the Gap is biweekly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for ... Read More
Octavia Smith
Voices for Racial Justice’s “Bridging the Gap” partnership

Bridging the Gap: Nothing less than treason should restrict a U.S. citizen’s right to vote

Bridging the Gap is a biweekly column in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder in which various contributors from both sides of prison ... Read More
Jeffery Young
Voices for Racial Justice’s “Bridging the Gap” partnership

Bridging the Gap: The light at the end of the tunnel

Bridging the Gap is a biweekly column in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder in which various contributors from both sides of prison ... Read More
Lovell Oates
Voices for Racial Justice’s “Bridging the Gap” partnership

‘Not For Human Consumption’ – What are they feeding the inmates in our prisons?

Bridging the Gap is a biweekly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground ... Read More
Bridget Moore
Voices for Racial Justice’s “Bridging the Gap” partnership

Two voices: Our liberation is bound together

Originally published in the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder  By Vina Kay and Kevin Reese Vina: Kevin’s warm laugh reached me through our ... Read More

Youth Blog: Amir

My Name is Amir Khadar. I’m a multidisciplinary activist artist, with an addiction to bubble tea and Shea butter. And ... Read More
Amir Khadar
Youth Organizer

Sharing Our Immigration Stories

Together as a staff and with the support of our leadership, Voices for Racial Justice has decided to close our ... Read More
Vina Kay
Executive Director