Racial Justice

Racial Profiling RI

Racial profiling is an all too common occurance in RI.  PrYSM youth act out the scenario.

On Wednesday June 5th, 2013 at 6pm the RI Racial Profiling Coalition, in partnership with the Africana Studies Department at Brown University and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University, cordially invite you to attend a Community Forum on Racial Profiling.

Showing Film, “Brother Outsider” followed by a panel discussion.

Black History Month

February is Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the hard won victories for civil rights and justice--and reflect on how far we’ve come both as a nation and as a community.

 Please join the Believing All is Possible (BAPS) Youth Leadership Group and the Logan County Improvement League in the creation of…

A History Wall: The Great Journey of Logan

A joint event in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia 

Attendees in each city will view two short videos and a longer documentary on the intersection of peace, justice, and education, seen through the prism of school funding. The documentary “The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman” challenges the allegations in the 2010 film "Waiting for Superman" blaming teachers unions for public schools’ ills and touting charter schools as the sole solution.

The AFSC PA, Racial Justice Through Human Rights youth group has called on the City Council to take the first  step to address racial injustices in the City of Pittsburgh by issuing a proclamation declaring Pittsburgh a Human rights City. The Proclamation will be signed by City Council on April 19th.

AFSC has been partnering with the Pittsburgh Young Leaders Academy, PYLA and after the reading of the proclamation all the youth will march from the City-County building to Market Square to celebrate the proclamation.