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Oscar López Rivera is free!
On May 17, thousands of Puerto Ricans gave a hero’s welcome to their longest held political prisoner, Oscar López-Rivera, released after more than 35 years in U.S. prisons. Convicted of seditious conspiracy – conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government – Oscar is widely regarded as Latin America’s Nelson Mandela, who also was imprisoned for decades for […]
Sneak Peek at the Convening!
I’m writing to you from the historic Highlander Center, looking out on the foggy view of the stunning Smoky Mountains, and feeling so grateful to be here at “Organizing to Win: Building Anti-Racism in Poor and Working Class White Communities” (which 900 of you recently donated to!). As each new person arrives from their long drives […]
Oppose Trump’s Strikes and War Budget
Alongside people around the world, we are reeling in the wake of Trump’s escalated attack against Syria; his saber rattling against North Korea; and dropping the MOAB – the so-called “mother of all bombs,” largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat- on tunnels in Afghanistan originally funded by the CIA. The suffering of people subject […]
In The Time of Trump, Build Power in Targeted Communities
Dear friends, family, and comrades, We at Catalyst are reeling from the last couple weeks, like many of you. As the new regime moves quickly in its attacks on so many of our communities, at home and abroad, we are working with our allies to understand what is happening and develop strategies to respond […]
Join Us To Disrupt Trump’s Inauguration and #GrowTheResistance
Dear Friends, Catalyst Project is in DC and San Francisco today taking action to amplify and support frontline leadership fighting to #GrowTheResistance. Will you join us? Please share these requests with your friends, family, and networks! Love, Everyone at Catalyst — Right now more than 70 grassroots feminist leaders from the front lines of movements for climate, gender, indigenous, […]
This is the time to deepen our work. Help us do that.
Dear Friends, As 2016 comes to a close, we fortify ourselves for the struggles ahead. Daily we are seeing new appointees and legislative proposals that feel unimaginable. And we are also seeing a building wave of response, as many people are rising up and taking action, from the tens of thousands of students who have […]
Reportback from Philly Braden Program
For the first time, Catalyst is running the Anne Braden Anti-Racist Organizing Training Program outside the San Francisco Bay Area. We wanted to experiment with training a cohort of organizers in an under-resourced area, where a strong group of white anti-racist leaders could have magnified impact. Philadelphia is a majority-Black and extremely poor city, with […]
Act now! 2 local ways to demilitarize communities
Bay Area Friends, The Stop Urban Shield Coalition is pushing hard to block the Urban Shield weapons expo and SWAT-type training for law enforcement that is hosted annually in Alameda County. On January 10th, we will be mobilizing for an important Board of Supervisors meeting in which the Sheriff will be seeking funding for Urban […]
Aleppo: with grief, take action
Dear Catalyst Community, We, perhaps like you, have been feeling overwhelmed, grief-torn, and helpless about the cresting violence in Syria. After months of a siege that has starved civilians, this week’s final military crushing of eastern Aleppo has left many in the US confused about how to show solidarity with Syrian civilians under the gun. […]
Curricula From V4BL Event
Dear friends, On December 2, Catalyst held a “Solidarity with the #Vision4BlackLives” study event in Oakland with 275 people eager to learn and strategize about ending white supremacy. We raised $3500 for local groups in the Movement for Black Lives network, and participants identified concrete ways to help build Black political power through the policy […]