william j. barber
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Black People M.I.A from Anti-Trump Protests, but Maybe it’s Time to Start Showing Up
After Trump won in November, Black folks took a collective step back from the frontlines.
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You’re Invited to The Root Institute 2023
Speaker details are now live for The Root’s annual gathering of America’s greatest Black minds. Join us for full day of conversations in our nation’s capital.
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Join Us This Week in DC at The Root Institute
Stacey Abrams, Misty Copeland, Ben Crump, Dr. Ashish Jha, Cecilia Rouse and Courtney B. Vance are just a few of the extraordinary speakers.
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Welcome to The Root Institute 2022
Our first IRL event of the fall season will feature provocative conversations about our community
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Still Nickel and Dimed: Unpacking Tipping, Minimum Wage and the Fight for Equity
“What happened at Emancipation with…the idea of tipping being mutated from an extra bonus on top of the wage to becoming the wage itself—becoming a replacement for wages—really cannot be understood as anything other than a devaluation of Black lives and women’s work.” — Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage text If you’ve been…
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