“It’s like I can finally breathe”: the importance of uniting in shared spaces
Guest post by Jada Lauren Kennedy, climate justice and human rights activist. Jada participated in Systemic Justice’s roundtable on climate justice. The feeling of taking my life into my own hands, taking my future into my own hands, reclaiming my voice along the way, and meeting incredible people from around the world. I feel like […]
“A treasure trove of injustices” – communities share experiences of police harms
“Marginalised groups have to be the main protagonist. It’s a huge contradiction that mono-cultural groups have control… We are done with white saviours –– we need allies, we have the tools to really empower ourselves.” “Who protects us from the police?” The Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice asked this question in its report with the same […]
A right, not a privilege: accessing justice on communities’ own terms
“Part of our work is about reclaiming power through our intersectional identities, instead of seeing it as something that automatically labels us as victims when seeking justice.” What can we do to empower those who are frequently marginalised within or shut out from legal systems to access justice and vindicate their rights? Our rights and […]
The intersectional harms of the climate crisis and how we respond
On 21 and 22 April, Systemic Justice hosted its first roundtable, focused on climate justice. 12 participants from across Europe gathered for two afternoons to share space online and explore opportunities for action to address the intersectional harms resulting from the climate crisis.
What are society’s most pressing racial, social, and economic justice issues?
Litigation can bring about broad, systemic change in society. But for racial, social, and economic justice movements, the cases that go to court are often not litigated on the terms of the communities who are most impacted by their outcomes. We want to change that.