ACLU Black Future Month Series: The Forwarding Address

Black Future Series continues to elevate Black Voices and envision a new future of justice and action. “The Forwarding Address” is an inspirational series of brief presentations reflecting life experience and forward-looking actions of social justice work. With closing address by former ACLU of Ohio Board President and Ohio State Professor of History, Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

Brandon Greene, Director, Racial & Economic Justice Program, ACLU of Northern CA
Housing, a Racial Justice Issue | Examining the impact of laws that criminalize those without housing, and the innovative work ahead to make housing a protected class.
Report: Outside the Law: The Legal War Against Unhoused People

Micheal Golliet, Intern, Data, Development
Corporate Responsibility to the Wealth Gap | Tackling the 1965 Civil Rights act, William H. Brown, a prominent Black attorney who helped enforce the decree against AT&T joined the board of UPS which eventually led to more equitable hiring practices. The case is made that responsibility to help fix the wealth gap requires new thought in advancing opportunities while facing enormous economic changes today.

Lewis Conway Jr., Campaign Strategist, NPAD
Running with Conviction | The future of participatory democracy will rely heavily on the engagement, politicization, and leadership of justice-impacted communities. As what we call 'Democracy' faces an existential threat from within, Americans that have been historically penalized, criminalized, and disenfranchised are ready, willing, and able to shoulder the burden of saving it.

Dillon Nettles, Policy & Advocacy Director, ACLU of AL
The Southern Voting Right Project | The opportunities to continue to improve the political landscape rests with the South. The Southern Voting Rights Project at the ACLU affiliate level has many roads ahead to the midterms in 2022 and the 2024 election.

Anderson Curtis, Senior Policy Organizer, ACLU of CT
Pardon My Persistence | A triumphant story of overcoming policies and discrimination as a person formerly incarcerated while working to change these same policies in Connecticut.

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., Author, Associate Professor, Ohio State University; President, Board of Directors, ACLU of Ohio 2019-2022, Vice president 2014-2019
The Forwarding Address | American Democracy is at its breaking point, under attack by those who seek to maintain the power structures of exclusionary policies. White Supremacy is a principle threat to the fabric of our democracy, requiring a shared understanding risk by all citizens.

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