Since this timeline was published there have been a lot of changes as organizers reassess the timeline needed to repeal California’s Three Strikes Law. Stay tuned for more information about how to get involved coming in early 2022.

Much praise has been heaped upon Caste, the new book by Isabel Wilkerson, a former New York Times reporter and author of the best-selling The Warmth of Other Suns, an account of the Great Migration of African Americans out of the South between the 1920s and the 1970s. …

by Felicia Gustin — Attempts to censor discussions of race and racism are underway nationwide. GOP lawmakers in at least 21 states are either introducing legislation or have already passed bans that impact K-12 classrooms and in some cases, colleges and universities. …

Throughout February 2021, SURJ Bay Area celebrated Black History Month by highlighting the stories of Black individuals with disabilities, joining others in the #DisabledBlackHistory hashtag on social media. …

By Micki Luckey Showing Up for Racial Justice partners with BIPOC-led organizations, supporting their efforts and following their lead. What do our partners do and how do we show up for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color? How does accountability manifest in these relationships? …

by Micki Luckey Paramilitary militias and other armed right-wing extremists have been making headlines lately for attacks on demonstrators at Black Lives Matter rallies, as well as for the plan to kidnap the governor of Michigan for treason based on her Covid-19 prevention efforts. …

By Micki Luckey, from an interview with Heather Appel Note: A July 2020 update from Melissa Flores, AOL Communications Coordinator, has been appended to the end of this blog. The center for Al Otro Lado was a short walk from the border at Tijuana. To reach it, Heather Appel flew…

A photo essay by Micki Luckey and Lili Shidlovski — Protests against police violence are occurring daily in thousands of cities and towns across the country since the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The brutality of this modern lynching followed closely upon the killing of Sean Reed, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud…

By Micki Luckey “We at the Movement For Black Lives believe that it is our mandate, in a moment where the police and vigilantes have increased their terror, that we make a clear and proud commitment to be in Defense of Black Lives.” M4BL Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)…