It is unfortunate and with despair that we again are compelled to write another statement condemning hate-filled violence in 21st Century America. This past weekend there was  an attack on the LGBTQIA+ community in Club Q in Colorado Springs, where five people were murdered by a lone gunman in his early 20s; two men in …

Kentaji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the first Black woman and public defender to join the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a huge victory for our country, but especially for underrepresented and underserved communities. Of course our nation still has vast progress to make towards equality and justice. The Supreme Court has recently …

We are appalled by today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Bodily autonomy and medical privacy are some of the most basic human rights. The right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is an essential means of exercising these rights. The obliteration of legal abortion nationwide will not end abortion nationwide. It will only make …

On Saturday, a white man who held white supremacist beliefs fired an assault weapon in a Black neighborhood grocery store in Buffalo, New York, murdering at least 10 people and injuring several others, almost all Black. We mourn the horrific and tragic loss of lives cut short, and send our condolences to the families, friends, …

Today, the State of Minnesota refused to file criminal charges against the police officers who killed Amir Locke. Amir was shot and killed when police officers used a no-knock warrant to storm the apartment where he was staying. Amir was not a suspect in the investigation related to the warrant. He had done nothing wrong. …

A small victory, but an important one. A jury found Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers, Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William Bryan, guilty of federal hate crimes, meaning that the jury concluded they were motivated by racism. We sincerely hope this verdict offers some semblance of peace to Mr. Arbery’s family, friends, and community. The fact that …

We mourn the horrific loss of Christina Yuna Lee, an Asian American woman who was stalked and murdered in her Manhattan apartment on Sunday Feb. 13. We send our condolences to Christina’s family, her friends, the Asian community, and all those who are mourning her. While her death is not currently being investigated as a …

We mourn the tragic loss of Michelle Go, an Asian American woman who was fatally shoved in front of a subway car at the Times Square station Jan. 15. We send our condolences to Michelle’s family, friends, to the Asian community, and all those who are mourning her. While her death is not currently being …