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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

Fittingly, the university hosted the session “A Report on Philanthropic Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Advocating for Black communities Another theme interwoven throughout the conference was advocacy for Black communities.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Martus team trained two new partners focused on rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people : Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays , or J-FLAG and AIDS-Free World. Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization.