June 2010 E-newsletter
In this issues: Hot off the press! Enlazando Comunidades: El Juego De Herramientas and Tools You Can Use to Advance Racial Justice.
This month’s enews is chock-full of resources and tools for your cause. One of them is our very own hot off the press Enlazando Comunidades: El Juego De Herramientas, The Uniting Communities: The Toolkit in Spanish. Advancing racial justice is a tough job. In “Tools You Can Use to Advance Racial Justice” you can find our ways to get this tough job done.
Have you attended CSTI in the past? Do you have a memorable story to share? Share your story for a chance to receive a free CSTI t-shirt!
In solidarity
Kalpana KrishnamurthyRACE and Gender Justice Program Director
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If you do, send us your story. We are compiling stories to celebrate 20 Years of CSTI. If we use your story you will receive our limited edition CSTI t-shirt, designed by TUMIS.
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Hot Off the Press! Enlazando Comunidades: El Juego De Herramientas
Western States Center is proud to release Enlazando Comunidades: El Juego De Herramientas, the Spanish translation of Uniting Communities: The Toolkit. Uniting Communities will help organizations working with Spanish speaking members and leaders have meaningful conversations about LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) issues. Enlazando Comunidades is making its debut this week at the US Social Forum in Detroit, and will help organizations working with communities whose primary language is Spanish tackle these hard conversations in their first language. Read more...
Tools You Can Use to Advance Racial Justice
New tools for advancing racial justice have been emerging across our region and the country. One of those tools is the Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity and the Applied Research Center will be at CSTI to talk about it. To learn more about several other tools you can use click here.
This Month on Our Blog
Andy Robinson asked, “Are Organizations Raising Money Online?” and Sara Ainsworth’s entry is about Outlawing Shackling of Women Inmates in Washington.
Picture of the Month
Aimee Santos-Lyons, the Center’s Organizer & Trainer, reporting on our Uniting Communities Project to leaders of color in Portland on June 16.
