Racial Justice
The color of your skin or region of origin should not dictate your opportunities or impact the quality of your education, healthcare, safety, or ability to thrive in society.
Racial justice goes beyond addressing isolated acts of discrimination. It seeks to dismantle the deep-rooted systems of oppression shaped by racism, patriarchy, colonialism, slavery, and economic inequality.
At its core, this work centers the voices and lived experiences of those most impacted by systemic racism and human rights violations.
Achieving racial justice means confronting and correcting the structures that perpetuate inequality, eliminating barriers to equity, and ensuring fair and equal treatment for all, regardless of race or ethnicity.
Read more and get involved in the fight for racial justice.
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The Rochester Branch of the NAACP continues to lead in the fight for equity, equality, and justice. We rest on the shoulder of giants, and our work is rooted in racial equity, civic engagement, and supportive policies and institutions for Black and all marginalized people in our community.
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At the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), we are unwavering in confronting racism in all its forms. Our mission is rooted in the belief that a society where Black communities thrive benefits everyone. We are guided by a deep commitment to building a future where white supremacy, poverty, and mass incarceration are relics of the past.
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EJI believes we need a new era of truth and justice that starts with confronting our history of racial injustice.
American history begins with the creation of a myth to absolve white settlers of the genocide of Native Americans: the false belief that nonwhite people are less human than white people. This belief in racial hierarchy survived slavery’s abolition, fueled racial terror lynchings, demanded legally codified segregation, and spawned our mass incarceration crisis.
The dehumanizing myth of racial difference endures today because we don’t talk about it.
EJI is working to change that. We’re exposing the myth and its toxic legacy in our reports and videos—and on this page. Our Community Remembrance Project is empowering communities to change the physical landscape to honestly reflect our history. And we’re using the power of place to inspire people to visit Montgomery, Alabama, to learn and reflect in our Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
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When we fight racism, we all win.
SURJ mobilizes white people for justice across the country. Through campaigns, education, and action opportunities, we move our people to reject racism and complicity– and to join movements for change.
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The Whiteness Project is an interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, understand and experience their race.
Whiteness Project is conducting interviews with people from all walks of life and localities in which they are asked about their relationship to, and their understanding of, their own whiteness. Each video interview is paired with a statistic that provides a greater societal context and offers an opportunity for self-reflection by the audience on their own thoughts about race.
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The Learning for Justice resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center is a tremendous resource for educators and parents with articles and content to address what is happening in social justice education—and society.
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This Toolkit is a tremendous compilation of articles, guides, news, videos, social media, and other tools from several online sources on racial justice and Black Lives Matter activism.The Toolkit was created by Nicole Nfonoyim-Harais an online social justice resource rooted in a commitment to radical love and service to the Rochester, MN community. While this site is apparently no longer being maintained, the information contained on this site is well worth your time. Check it out!
