Mission
The Center for New Community tracks organized bigotry and equips grassroots movements to mobilize a powerful force for justice, fairness, and opportunity.
Research
CNC conducts investigative research and analysis on the forces that threaten to divide us. CNC's publications and updates focus explicitly, though not exclusively, on exposing the architects of contemporary organized racism.
Advocacy
CNC alerts activists, media professionals, and policymakers when organized racist movements attempt to influence public policy and equips partners to take action and reclaim the debate. CNC works closely with organizations and community leaders across the country to build long-term, collective power.
Media & Culture
CNC's blog Imagine2050 features updates on organized racism in the United States; investigative reporting; and candid conversations about race, immigration, and identity. CNC also collaborates with artists to promote cultural resistance through showcases, events, digital productions, and more.
News Feed
Over fifteen years after the attacks on September 11, 2001, racist and Islamophobic responses–both in law and culture–have not relented. In the face of ongoing anti-Muslim violence, Center for New Community Fellow Manzoor Cheema and Rev. Nancy Petty, pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, wrote an important piece about why it is essential […]
The post Cross-post: Standing up against bigotry appeared first on IMAGINE 2050.
There Goes the Neighborhood is a weekly series from Imagine 2050 staff highlighting upcoming nativist events. This week, anti-Muslim events are scheduled in California, Ohio, and Montana. Tonight, October 7, Former U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) will speak in San Francisco, California, at a fundraising event for the San Francisco Republican Party. West served one term in […]
The post There Goes the Neighborhood: October 7, 2016 appeared first on IMAGINE 2050.
As the presidential campaign opens up new space for xenophobic hate in mainstream politics, organized nativist and white nationalist movements have continued to expand into it. While Hillary Clinton’s campaign has failed to advocate for policies that resist nativist goals, such as an end to programs profiling Muslims, Donald Trump’s campaign and the GOP are increasingly […]
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