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Partnering with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities in the south to defend and advance their political, social and economic rights through the combination of legal advocacy, research, organizing and communications.

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Chief Lopez

December 17, 2013

Complaints? Gripes? Detractors? Language matters as we work to reform policing in Durham.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.”–                                                                                                               Mahatma Gandhi Sticks and stones may break our bones, but we don’t like being called names either. Who does? And what does it say about the name-callers? As the year winds down, and we look back […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News Tag iconChief Lopez,  Cynthia Walls,  Durham News,  FADE,  Meredith McMonigle,  name calling,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling

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