SOCIAL JUSTICE

Committee GoalS:

• To provide social justice advocacy to black individuals and communities by focusing on:
• Providing a forum for black persons, organizations and communities to discuss and resolve issues related to social justice.
• Legal Justice
• Collecting information and making referrals to social justice advocacy individuals and agencies.
• Establishing leadership within the community to advocate for policy change that addresses the social justice issues.
• Identify methods to advocate for everyone to have equal access to human services.
• Accessing and supporting the current work being done by our community partners.
• Reaching out to businesses and department heads within our community and accessing their efforts.
• Establishing a curriculum to break down the construct of “whiteness” and its effect on the black community.

Leadership:

 Chair: Lester Pogue Jr., Co-Chair: Sherrilla Bivens, Secretary: Karen Stringer,

Members: Cinnamon Brown, Tory Green, Tanisha Roberts, Dona Ponepinto, Sebrena Chambers, Damita O’Dell, Lesa Porter, Gail Alexis Ray, Karen Robinson, Darrell Edmonds, David Boyd.

Community Partners: NAACP, Ministerial Alliance, A. Philip Randoff – Tacoma, Urban League, Black Parents Alliance, Legally Black, United Way

Collaborators: Tacoma Arts Alive, Tacoma School District, American Leadership Forum, Tacoma Pro Bono, Department of Social and Health Services, Tacoma Human Rights Commission, Department of Corrections, University of Puget Sound, University of Washington, American Leadership Forum