This fall, Equally American is hosting an exciting three-part series that will bring together a diverse array of thought leaders to examine the connection between racism and the ongoing disenfranchisement and discrimination faced by residents of U.S. territories. <\/p>\n
\u201cOver the next few months all three branches of the federal government will be making major decisions that will either help bring an end to the second-class treatment of citizens in the territories or continue to perpetuate inequality,\u201d said Neil Weare, president and founder of Equally American. \u201cGiven all this, we wanted to host a series of conversations that look at what we call \u2018America\u2019s colonies problem\u2019 through the lens of systemic racial discrimination. As the United States begins to seriously grapple with its legacy of racial discrimination, it is important that America\u2019s colonies problem be a part of that discussion. Simply put, there should be no colonies or second-class citizens in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
Part I of the series is \u201cSeparate and Unequal\u201d: The Insular Cases, Race, and Discrimination in U.S. Territories, a virtual conversation on systemic racism and the legal foundation of America\u2019s colonies problem with Guam Attorney General Leevin T. Camacho, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine, Columbia law professor Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus, and ACLU attorney Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux, moderated by Weare. The virtual conversation will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 5-6pm ET (Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 7am to 8am Guam time).<\/p>\n
The event is timely as the Supreme Court will hold oral argument on Nov. 9\u00a0in\u00a0United States v. Vaello Madero, a case that will determine whether it is unconstitutional to deny otherwise eligible U.S. citizens access to Supplemental Security Income benefits on the sole ground they live in Puerto Rico or other territories. <\/p>\n
Part II of the series is titled\u00a0The Left and Right\u2019s Blindspot in Systemic Racism: America\u2019s Colonies Problem\u00a0and will be a virtual conversation with current and former elected officials from U.S. territories on how residents of the territories are often left out of broader national conversations about systemic racism and what can be done about it. Speakers and dates will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Part III of the series is titled\u00a0Racial Equity and the Territories: What Can Philanthropy Do?, which will engage leaders in the philanthropic sector in a virtual conversation about what can be done to better address racial equity issues facing residents of U.S. territories.\u00a0 Speakers and dates will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Equally American is a nonprofit organization that advocates for equality and civil rights for the 3.5 million citizens who live in U.S. territories\u201498% of whom are racial or ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n
More information about Equally American is available at\u00a0www.equalrightsnow.org. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This fall, Equally American is hosting an exciting three-part series that will bring together a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":353920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[320],"class_list":["post-353885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}