Building Effective Multi Racial Coalitions and Movements

February 6, 2020

Presenters

  • Krystal Abrams, Regenerative Ecosystems and Pesticide Manager, Beyond Toxics
  • Pablo Alvarez, Environmental Justice Organizer,  Beyond Toxics and the NAACP
  • Lisa Arkin, Executive Director, Beyond Toxics
  • Willa Childress,  Organizer, Pesticide Action Network
  • Deb Dorman, Campaign Coordinator,Toxic Tators
  • Danna Smith, Founder, Dogwood Alliance
  • Reverend Leo Woodberry, Executive Director, New Alpha Community Development Corporation

Please cite organizational sources and credit materials to the specific presenters when sharing within your organization to respect and honor this hard work.

Materials

Presenter Slides
Suggested Organizations that work specifically with farmworkers, especially those working with undocumented communities:
Oregon:
California:
Opening for Story/SkillShare
Our Martyrs by Alice Walker

When the people
have won a victory
whether small
or large
do you ever wonder
at that moment
where the martyrs
might be?

They who sacrificed
themselves
to bring to life
something unknown
though nonetheless more precious
than their blood.

I like to think of them
hovering over us
wherever we have gathered
to weep and to rejoice;
smiling and laughing,
actually slapping each other’s palms
in glee.

Their blood has dried
and become rose petals.
What you feel brushing your cheek
is not only your tears
but these.
Martyrs never regret
what they have done
having done it.

Walker, Alice. The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm’s Way. New Press, The, 2013. (page 203-204)