The Center for Popular Democracy is proud to be a contributor of the Movement for Black Lives recently launched comprehensive policy platform, A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom and Justice. 

The platform is a result of over a year’s work by a collection of nearly 70 organizations, including the Center for Popular Democracy and a number of our partners and close allies including: Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment, Detroit Good Jobs Now, Organization for Black Struggle, and others.  The process, led by grass-roots Black organizations from across the country, is designed to lift up the transformative work of organizations from across the country and addresses everything from police violence, mass incarceration, education reforms, guaranteed minimum income, reparations, decriminalization and more. 

The platform is a reflection of the work that we all fight for every day. The broad categories in the platform include: An end to the war on black people; reparations for past and continuing harms; de-funding of institutions and systems that incarcerate and police Black people and investments in the education, health and safety of Black communities; economic justice for all; community control of the institutions and agencies that most impact Black communities and support for independent Black political power. Under each category there are a number of specific demands with accompanying policy briefs, which provide a road map to translate this vision into a reality at the local, state and federal level.

CPD is proud to be one of the endorsers and to have supported the research and development of the platform - including contributing to a number of the policy briefs. Many of the demands in the platform, from a guaranteed livable income to divestment from harmful systems and investment in the health and safety of our communities, are things that CPD and our partners are currently working on. We are looking forward to continuing this work with partners and allies to help make the platform a reality.