Dear John xxxxxx, Today American Son, the new television event starring Kerry Washington, premieres on Netflix. Based on the acclaimed Broadway play, American Son tells the story of Kendra Ellis-Connor, the mother of a missing teenage boy, as s…

Johanna Blakley, Eva Recinos, Lucy Odigie-Turley, Jenny Yang, and Kendrick Sampson Entertainment Media and a More Just Society Last week in Los Angeles, The Opportunity Agenda and USC Annenberg’s Norman Lear Center co-hosted a pa…

Dear John xxxxxx, At 2:45 this morning, the American people and The Opportunity Agenda family lost a giant, a moral exemplar, and a friend. Representative Elijah Eugene Cummings was born in Baltimore on January 18, 1951. The child of sharecroppers, Cummi…

Dear John xxxxxx, The recent impeachment inquiry announced by House leadership presents social justice advocates with a unique opportunity to weigh in on why this administration and its values must be interrogated. While it is important to continue to re…

Kerry Washington in the "American Son" Netflix movie, which premieres on Nov. 1. We're Partnering with Netflix on "American Son" To facilitate a broader conversation about race, racism, and the criminal legal system in this count…

Vision, Values, Voice: Messaging for Lasting Change    Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. EDT for a free webinar on how to craft effective messaging by identifying and evoking shared values and vision to start changing the national conversation, sh…

Alan Jenkins (former president) and Ellen Buchman (current president) We Welcome a New President of the Organization This month, we’re excited to announce that Ellen Buchman is the new president of our organization. Prior to joini…

Ellen Buchman Appointed as Organization's New President “On behalf of The Steering Committee of The Opportunity Agenda, it gives me great pleasure to announce that, effective immediately, we have appointed Ellen Buchman as the organization’s next Pr…