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Originally posted by ladylike
Ladygreek----do you feel like "our" issues aren't being addressed because our numbers aren't there when it comes to membership?
I can probably count on one hand the Black people I know that contribute to the ACLU.
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Since increasing membership is part of my job, I am looking at it as Blacks are not members because the org. does not serve them. You don't have to be a member for the ACLU to take your case. But, here in MN, I think we talk a good game but that is all. I constantly challege my ED on why we don't consider vendors of color when buying supplies, etc. We don't we partner with the NAACP or Urban League on issues forums. And why are we so pro-union, when historically unions have discriminated against people of color. (If we hold a food event, we can only use union venues and caterers. That in effect eliminates all the small family-runned caterers of color in the Twin Cities.)
So basically, I am trying to build a case for our staff and about increasing our out-reach to communities of color and especially the Black community, and why some of our current policies are preventing that.
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