{"id":2649,"date":"2017-11-09T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/uprising1313\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2017-11-09T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:57:29","slug":"elias-alcantara-blacklivesmatter-movements-advocacy-and-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/uprising1313\/elias-alcantara-blacklivesmatter-movements-advocacy-and-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Elias Alcantara | #BlackLivesMatter: Movements, Advocacy, and Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elias Alcantara<\/strong><\/p>\n

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During my five-year tenure serving in the Obama Administration, I followed closely the evolution and ultimate eruption of the events that took the #BlackLivesMatter movement to the national and international stage.
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For me, it was incredibly personal, but also necessary to better understand the movement as a staffer to the 44th President of the United States. In short, this means that I spent a lot of time doing research, reading articles, tracking news and talking to partners on the ground to gain a deeper understanding of the movement in real-time. In the aftermath of the Ferguson protests, I assisted in the formation of the 21st Century Policing Task\u00a0Force. I also supported efforts to implement the\u00a0recommendations in hundreds of jurisdictions across the country.\u00a0<\/span>I am incredibly proud of what we were able to accomplish but also understood that the issues the #BlackLivesMatter movement brought attention to could not be completely solved by any one President.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My perspective on this panel is rooted in analyzing and dissecting the impact that movements and advocacy, such as #BlackLivesMatter, have or don\u2019t have on policy, cultural and political change. Below are several articles that I’ve read over the years and capture that very perspective. I have also included several resources that highlight a number of the Obama Administration\u2019s policies and reports that were released in the aftermath of Ferguson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond ‘Black Lives Matter’<\/a>, <\/span>Op-Ed by Charles Blow, NY Times, Sept. 2, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

“After Dallas, the Future of Black Lives Matter,<\/a>” <\/span>Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker<\/em>, July 10, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

21st Century Policing Task Force Report<\/a>, <\/span>Released in May 2015 by Obama Administration Department of Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fees, Fines and Bail Report<\/span><\/a>, Released in December 2015 by the Council of Economic Advisers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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