LEARN THE
FUNDAMENTALS
Four lessons for new advocates
Understand the history of American police violence and learn how to pressure local decision makers to create policies that end brutality and secure accountability.
Choose your journey
Start at the beginning or jump to a specific topic—this curriculum is designed to meet you wherever you are. Learn why we made this.
Lesson 01
Follow local Organizations
Get connected to local organizers and activists that call for collective action in your community. They’ll share updates on:
The Origin of Fear
Explore how anxiety around resistance became the foundation of white fear.
The Many Faces of Policing
Meet the previous enforcers of brutality.
The Right to Kill
Examine how local laws and policies have shielded brutality.
The Codes of Conduct
Decode the bias in our social contracts that normalize brutality.
The Power of Propaganda
Decipher how language, arts, and culture sell Black dehumanization.
Lesson 02
THE PEOPLE IN POWER
Pull back the curtain on your local decision makers and discover their pressure points.
The Birth of Brutality: The Introduction
The Origin of Fear
Explore how anxiety around resistance became the foundation of white fear.
The Many Faces of Policing
Meet the previous enforcers of brutality.
The Right to Kill
Examine how local laws and policies have shielded brutality.
The Codes of Conduct
Decode the bias in our social contracts that normalize brutality.
The Power of Propaganda
Decipher how language, arts, and culture sell Black dehumanization.
Lesson 03
8 Tools for Change
Eight effective ways you can demand change from local lawmakers.
The Birth of Brutality: The Introduction
The Origin of Fear
Explore how anxiety around resistance became the foundation of white fear.
The Many Faces of Policing
Meet the previous enforcers of brutality.
The Right to Kill
Examine how local laws and policies have shielded brutality.
The Codes of Conduct
Decode the bias in our social contracts that normalize brutality.
The Power of Propaganda
Decipher how language, arts, and culture sell Black dehumanization.
Lesson 04
REIMAGINE POLICING
Defund, abolish, and reform: Where do you stand?
The Birth of Brutality: The Introduction
The Origin of Fear
Explore how anxiety around resistance became the foundation of white fear.
The Many Faces of Policing
Meet the previous enforcers of brutality.
The Right to Kill
Examine how local laws and policies have shielded brutality.
The Codes of Conduct
Decode the bias in our social contracts that normalize brutality.
The Power of Propaganda
Decipher how language, arts, and culture sell Black dehumanization.