Reflection On The 2025 Black Ecologies Field School
Danielle Purifoy (JD, PhD), is a former NCEJN Board Member, a UNC-CH Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography & The Environment, and an author of so many articles relevant to our…
Megawatts Over People: The Real Cost of Artificial Intelligence — and Why It Is Not Inevitable
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN Co-director, gave a variation on this speech on January 20, 2026 for Democracy Out Loud [Updated February 20, 2026] There is a new monster spreading like…
Violence Is Not The Anomaly – But The Rule For This System
Rania Masri, NCEJN Co-Director, gave this speech on Monday, January 19, 2026 at the annual MLK March & Rally at the Thomas Foreman Park in Greenville, organized by Coalition Against…
From Chains To Change: Justice Is Still Demanding Justice
This speech was given on Monday, January 19, 2026 at the annual MLK March & Rally organized by the Coalition Against Racism (CAR) at the Thomas Foreman Park in Greenville,…
On Community Land & Power
A New Durham-Rooted Land, Housing and Environmental Justice Org/Co-Op Leslie St Dre, Founder, Organizer, Facilitator, Community Land and Power Community Land and Power (CLP), a new Durham-rooted land, housing and…
A New NCEJN Project for 2026
Luma Kennedy, NCEJN Communications Manager Last year on a warm December day, a chef, a farmer, an anthropologist and I took a walk on hallowed ground. Chef Wayne took Ms.…
On The People’s Hearing In Pittsburgh
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Organizing & Policy The National People’s Hearing Tour, which began in Greensboro in June, has traveled to Tuscan (September) and Pittsburgh (November). The full testimonies…
Updates On the Fight Against Data Centers: Edgecombe County
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN Co-Director There is much to fight for. There is much to win. And one fight now is to protect communities and the precious land and water…
In A Moment of Clarity, The Veil Has Fallen
Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Organizing and Policy We are in a moment of clarity: the veil has fallen. The U.S. federal administration today is openly and brazenly showcasing its…
How Colonialism Erased “The Embodied Expert”
A Decolonial Perspective on Knowledge and Expertise With permission from the author : Tania Shoukair, Decolonized Mind-body Coach, Writer & Poet, Embodied Expert in Cooking! Colonialism was never just about…
NC Public Service Workers Union’s Call to Break The Bonds
Yesterday afternoon, NCEJN joined UE Local 150 and JVP triangle and other NC organizations for an event organized by the Break the Bonds NC Coalition. A petition was delivered to…
BWL’s Message to the People About Assata Shakur
This is a collective statement and it is published here with permission from the Black Workers League. “No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the…