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Reflections On What Remains To Be Done After Police Chief Zimmerman Retires

Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman made history when she was named San Diego’s first female chief in 2014. As San Diegans and the San Diego Police Department plan for her retirement and prepare to welcome her successor, there are the inevitable reflections on Chief Zimmerman’s career and legacy. February 22, 2018

#WeCanWednesday: Monica Montgomery

Monica has been with us for over a year now and is deeply embedded in the work that she does with us. A San Diego native hailing from Southeast San Diego, Monica toils tirelessly to fight against injustices that she sees by heading the local bail reform efforts in San Diego... February 21, 2018

#WeCanWednesday: Christie Love Hill

How fitting is it that we’re featuring Christie Love Hill on Valentine’s day?? Very. Christie manages to balance fighting for the rights of people of color and women daily and a full life outside of the workplace with her family and faith. February 14, 2018

The Power and Politics of Racialized Imagery

When crusading journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells published an editorial in the Memphis Free Speech on May 21, 1892, challenging the most popular political justification for lynching by declaring that “Nobody in this section of the country believes the old threadbare lie that... February 13, 2018

#WeCanWednesday: Chloe Triplett

Every Wednesday, you’ll have an opportunity to meet some of our staff, board members, volunteers, and other community members. This week, we’d like to introduce to one of our newer colleagues: Chloe Triplett. Hear from her in her own words... February 7, 2018

My Day Inside an Immigrant Detention Center

The women are brown and black. They wear navy blue scrubs. Most wear navy canvass shoes but a few wear bright orange plastic shower sandals. They are in their 20s and 30s except for a few with long grey hair. They are neat and clean. A few wear white plastic rosaries around their necks. October 25, 2017