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Register now and help us build a people- and planet-centered future! View in browser While some worry about the threat of fascism in the United States, many are already living it. The stakes could not be higher, and those of us who care about freedom—especially funders—need to understand how we got here and the role we can play in helping fuel multiracial coalitions that can combat the forces of fascism. Join me at the upcoming MCF Summer School: Building a People- and Planet-Centered Future. Join MCF Summer School >>   As my team and I continue to hold Summer School events, I am more convinced than ever that political education has the power to spark the solidarity essential for creating a future focused on the well-being of people and the planet. Dr. Carmen Rojas Why Government Matters: Let’s Talk about the Jobs It Creates, the Services It Provides, and What Happens If We Can't Count on It   Featuring Secretary Julián Castro, CEO of Latino Community Foundation; Neidi Dominguez Zamorano, founding executive director of Organized Power in Numbers; and Dr. K. Sabeel Rahman, law professor at Cornell Law School.   Tuesday, July 9 | 9 a.m. PT  REGISTER HERE >> Disclose and Divest: Why This Call to Action and How We Make It Real   Featuring Dr. Davarian Baldwin, founding director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College; Ian Fuller, cofounder of Westfuller Advisors; Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, distinguished professor in US History at UCLA; and Aditi Rao, student organizer with Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest.   Thursday, July 25 |  9 a.m. PT REGISTER HERE >> Attacking the Right to Hold Powerful People Accountable   Featuring Noura Erakat, JD, human rights attorney and associate professor of Africana studies and the Program of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, and Dr. Barbara Ransby, chair of the Departments of Black Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at UIC.   Thursday, August 1 |  9 a.m. PT  REGISTER HERE >> Building a Multiracial Working People’s Coalition   Featuring Tara Raghuveer, director of Kansas City Tenants Union; Faiz Shakir, founder and executive director of More Perfect Union; and Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, professor of African-American Studies at Princeton.   Tuesday, September 17 | 9 a.m. PT  REGISTER HERE >>   Solidarity is the Secret Sauce Featuring Stina Janssen, cofounder and director of Firelands Workers United / Trabajadores Unidos; Derecka Purnell, JD, author of Becoming Abolitionists; Astra Taylor, cofounder of the Debt Collective; and Richard Wallace, founder and executive director of Equity and Transformation.   Thursday, September 26 | 10 a.m. PT  REGISTER HERE >> Freedom Is a Constant Struggle Featuring Dr. Angela Y. Davis, author of Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement, and Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, professor of urban education at CUNY.   Save The Date: Wednesday, October 2 DETAILS COMING SOON   Join MCF Summer School >> Marguerite Casey Foundation, 1425 4th Ave Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101