Map The Truth: Introducing the COVID-19 Social Justice Guide

In this webinar recording, The Advancement Project National Office, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting, Demos, and The Opportunity Agenda present their new messaging tool - Map The Truth, a COVID-19 Social Justice Guide. Map The Truth is a timely resource for advocates, educators, the media, and people who want--and need--to understand the importance of racial justice and how to talk to the community at large about the pandemic and all the integrally related issues that have been laid bare as a result.

Johnny Perez, Dawn Porter, Favianna Rodriguez USA Today "Leaders of Change"

Three Opportunity Agenda Creative Change alumni were featured among 20 "Leaders of Change" in USA Today this week. Filmmaker Dawn Porter and artist-activist Favianna Rodriguez were featured alongside Communications Institute Fellow and Creative Changer Johnny Perez. Perez, director of the U.S. Prisons Program at the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, wrote a featured opinion column for USA Today on state-sponsored violence in prisons. He reminds us that incarcerated lives matter.

Come to Our Virtual Gala.

Join us, free of charge, on Tuesday, Oct. 6th, at 7:00pm for our Justice Out Loud Livestream Gala! Get ready for an evening of community, connection and celebration, as we honor the achievements of Alan Jenkins, Co-founder and Past President of The Opportunity Agenda and DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA. Hosted by Fawzia Mirza, help us build our JusticeOutLoud photo mosaic and hear from Jesse Krimes and Russell Craig, two fantastic social justice artivists!

The Amp: Beyond Policing

Our communities continue to rise up in grief and resistance in response to police violence. Incidents in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Rochester, New York illustrate issues at the heart of the movement to defund the police. The Opportunity Agenda will be releasing a new white paper, “Beyond Policing — Supporting #DefundThePolice.” This research reveals that calls to enact moderate policing reforms are not backed up by success, and shows why calls to defund the police open doors to new solutions that show promise and move beyond policing and punishment.