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Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project California) advocates for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

03.27.23
2023 State of the State: Solidarity in Action

Catalyst California and Grand Performances have teamed up to present a community program unlike any other – and you’re invited! 

California has been a model of multiracial organizing and advocacy for generations – yet the intersectional bonds that were built during the 1960s Farmworkers’ Movement, 1970s Civil Rights Movement, and Los Angeles Uprising in ’92 have frayed over recent decades.   

It’s time for us to refresh our commitment to, and understanding of, a resilient multiracial solidarity that celebrates our differences and clarifies why and how we build power. We’re kicking off that conversation at our upcoming State of the State: Solidarity in Action on Sunday, March 26th. 

Catalyst California and Grand Performances have teamed up to present a community program unlike any other – and you’re invited! 

California has been a model of multiracial organizing and advocacy for generations – yet the intersectional bonds that were built during the 1960s Farmworkers’ Movement, 1970s Civil Rights Movement, and Los Angeles Uprising in ’92 have frayed over recent decades.   

It’s time for us to refresh our commitment to, and understanding of, a resilient multiracial solidarity that celebrates our differences and clarifies why and how we build power. We’re kicking off that conversation at our upcoming State of the State: Solidarity in Action on Sunday, March 26th. 

In the Press: New police stops data shows stark racial disparities in these wealthy Bay Area enclaves

Despite large police departments across California ramping up their efforts to stamp out racial profiling, those initiatives have done little — if anything — to close the vast gap between Black and white people who are stopped and searched by officers.

Despite large police departments across California ramping up their efforts to stamp out racial profiling, those initiatives have done little — if anything — to close the vast gap between Black and white people who are stopped and searched by officers.

02.28.23
An Equitable and Just California

In case you missed it last year, we announced that Advancement Project California is now Catalyst California. This marks a new chapter in our nearly 25-year history and a renewed commitment to advocating for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

In case you missed it last year, we announced that Advancement Project California is now Catalyst California. This marks a new chapter in our nearly 25-year history and a renewed commitment to advocating for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

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12.07.22
Uplifting Family Voices: Family Engagement in California’s Rate Reform & Quality Initiative.

California currently funds early childhood programs with a reimbursement system that reflects  the price of care rather than the true cost of care–therefore, child care providers are not receiving the full resources they need to take care of the state’s youngest children.

California currently funds early childhood programs with a reimbursement system that reflects  the price of care rather than the true cost of care–therefore, child care providers are not receiving the full resources they need to take care of the state’s youngest children.

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