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We cannot achieve economic or environmental justice until we confront structural racism and take our demands directly to the financial and political profiteers who benefit from the crises they are creating in our communities.

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Amisha Patel, the former long-time Executive Director of the Grassroots Collaborative in Illinois, was a founding board member of ACRE Institute and founding executive committee member of Bargaining for the Common Good.

And "to know her–even to meet her–was to be transformed."

Rest in power, Amisha.
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Amisha Patel transformed Chicago — and everyone she met • The TRiiBE

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Rest in power to Amisha Patel, who dedicated her life to dismantling systems of oppression and connecting human beings to each other.
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We fight for racial-economic justice by challenging financial & political actors who profit at the expense of BIPOC communities. Press: media@acrecampaigns.org

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“When we bargain for the common good, it means that we lift up issues & concerns from our most marginalized communities,” says Myart-Cruz. “That’s what makes our union strong. Because we are lifting as we climb.” @bcgproject

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