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Research Justice Revelations
Unlocking the power of community knowledge for social change

September 2011 E-newsletter

Dear Friend,

You've heard it before. It's a tried, true, irrefutable fact: Knowledge is Power. This is our core belief at DataCenter: knowledge IS power—and realizing that power is a key ingredient to social change.

Yet, you and I often see that a certain kind of knowledge, knowledge of communities of color, low-income communities, and communities on the margins, has yet to be voiced. Your support of DataCenter is what elevates these voices.

Scroll down to see the communities we're working with!

A migrant farmworker spends 10 hours picking fruit in the hot sun. A domestic worker has a back ache that just won't go away. A youth in San Francisco walks 10 blocks because he can't afford to ride the bus. An indigenous tribal leader faces—once again—the loss of her tribe's sacred lands. A mother struggles to contact her son in juvenile hall.

These are just a few of the voices we are working with and supporting, as they demand to be respected on the political stage. All of the communities we work with stand front and center on the political stage we envision at DataCenter. We want to share the stories of each of these communities with you: check out our political stage below. You may have heard part of their stories already, and you can expect to hear more in the coming months as these projects continue.

Read about these communities. Let their struggles to be heard move your heart. Let their stories guide your actions.

After you've seen DataCenter's Fall 2011 Political Stage, please take 30 seconds to vote in the one-question poll to tell us which of these stories really moves you!

Sincerely,

miho kim

The "Community Knowledge" Political Stage Fall 2011

Read about Research Justice projects, then click to vote!

National Domestic Workers Alliance:
National Survey of Domestic Workers
Domestic Workers Rights Are Human Rights