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May 16, 2023
** The Power of Place ([link removed])
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** Learning for Justice Spring 2023 Is Here ([link removed])
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The newest LFJ magazine ([link removed]) focuses on the power and autonomy of people in the South, highlighting the myriad ways in which “the power of place” (the issue’s theme) is foundational in realizing our shared liberation. As LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn notes in her Perspectives article opening the issue, “The battleground for racial justice remains in the South, and the victories for justice must be fought for by ordinary people in the South together with allies from other parts of the nation.”
In the coming weeks, we will continue to highlight features and other articles from this latest magazine issue—but the entire magazine is already available to read and download online here ([link removed]) , and print copies are on their way to subscribers. (If you haven’t yet, subscribe now ([link removed]) to receive free print copies of our future magazine issues!)
We hope you will be inspired by the breadth and depth of this issue, which takes us from the socially conscious art scene in Montgomery, Alabama, to the powerful honest history on display at Whitney Plantation in Louisiana to the frontlines of the fight for LGBTQ+ students’ rights and well-being in Florida—and much more.
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** Art as a Tool for Social Justice ([link removed])
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In communities across the country, artists are depicting honest history and challenging historical invisibility—reshaping public narratives of justice in the process. This featured story ([link removed]) from Learning for Justice magazine’s new issue takes a deep dive into the flourishing artistic community in Montgomery, Alabama, where local artists are harnessing the power of their craft to push forward the march for justice in a city with a long legacy of leadership in the civil rights movement.
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** Perspectives: The Power of Place ([link removed])
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LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn opens this powerful article ([link removed]) with a quote from W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction: “Democracy in the South and in the United States is hampered by the Southern attitude.” Dunn calls for a strategic focus on the South, reminding us that for the greater good of our democracy and nation, “the victories for justice must be fought for and by ordinary people in the South together with allies from other parts of the nation.”
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“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them” —Ida B. Wells
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