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  2020-09-21

  We get more followers in times of crisis’: As pandemic limits in-person action, activism goes digital

  PHOENIX – Civil rights marches. Anti-war protests. Rallies against gun violence. Public demonstrations historically have involved the “mass mobilization of bodies,” according to Tiera Rainey, program director for the Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund and an organizer with Black Lives Matter Tucson. But when the novel coronavirus struck, prompting warnings against crowds and close contact, Arizona’s new reality of social distancing forced organizers to rethink that framework.
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  2020-09-14

  ‘We get more followers in times of crisis’: As pandemic limits in-person protests, organizers digitize activism

  by Jessica Myers for the Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-08-13

  Given history of discrimination, can community help Black-owned businesses survive COVID-19?

  Vandana Ravikumar/Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship