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Amber Goodwin on why she’s running for City Council in Austin after a career in activism and law
Amber Goodwin is a lawyer, organizer, and public safety advocate who has spent her career working with communities and fighting for safety, health, and opportunity. She currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney in Travis County, where she is fighting the good fight against gun violence. She is running for Austin City Council because this moment demands leadership that listens, organizes, and delivers.
How to apply COVID-19 lessons to outbreak of gun violence Original
Outside the headlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s long-running gun violence epidemic gained strength last year. Media coverage of mass shootings may have slowed, but the number of Americans fatally assaulted with firearms increased by 35 percent in U.S. cities. A surge of this magnitude has no modern precedent. It comprises thousands of deaths, each one a calamity for the family and community that suffer the loss. The likely causes are clear.
When It Comes To Gun Violence, Black Women Carry A Heavy Burden - Blavity
Face of a strong Black woman on yellow background. / Photo Credit: Getty Images If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. Opinions are the writer’s own and not those of Blavity's. ____ This Women’s History Month, the nation will reflect on the contributions and accomplishments of women. We will hail women who have overcome great odds and influenced change.
Time to Invest In Our Communities, Proven Solutions to Gun Violence
ARKA38/SHUTTERSTOCK Three months ago, the entire nation was rocked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In the weeks since his murder, a movement has taken shape to demand not only an end to policing, but a refocusing on community-led public safety that saves lives by stopping the use of officers with a firearm in our neighborhoods.
Police kill 1,000 people a year with guns. White anti-gun violence advocates never addressed it.
We are experienced Black organizers in anti-violence and gun violence prevention work, and it has long been clear to us that the broad movement of which we have been a part has a huge hole in it. Police violence — in instances when officers use their guns to intimidate, shoot or kill Black or brown people — is also gun violence. And it rightly has a place in the movement against gun violence that is often celebrated by liberal politicians at the highest levels.
"Treat us like swing voters." on Apple Podcasts
46 min Welcome to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics -- the one stop shop for women of color who want to hear and talk about the world of politics. On this episode, Host A’shanti Gholar talks to Amanda Renteria, chair of Emerge America; Na’ilah Amaru, advocacy and policy strategist; Amber Goodwin, executive director of the Community Justice Action Fund; and Vanessa Cardenas, senior director of national outreach at EMILY’s List.
Opinion | Why Do We Ignore Initiatives That Reduce Gun Violence?
Op-Ed Contributor By Antonio Cediel, Amber Goodwin, Michael Mcbride and Ciera Walker Oct. 6, 2017 The police at the scene of a murder in Chicago laast year. In the wake of this week’s devastation in Las Vegas, it is important to remember that this kind of headline-grabbing mass shooting constitutes only a tiny fraction of the gun murders in our country.
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