Morgan Simon

Designer, entrepreneur, & activist Aurora James is changing the #corporateaccountability game. Read our interview here about how @15PercentPledge is helping companies like @Sephora @madewell @westelm and so many more commit 15% of their shelf-space to #BlackOwnedBusinesses https://www.forbes.com//aurora-james-is-helping-companie/

I guess that's how you spell "frickin'!" It reads like a frickin’ Onion headline, the idea that you have to fight a defamation lawsuit to say that prisons separate families. Of course prisons separate families. In every instance Read more about Candide Group's win in Mother Jones: ... https://www.motherjones.com//corecivic-defamation-lawsuit/ See more

As you may have heard, we won a lawsuit last month against the #privateprison industry, who can now no longer deny their role in #familyseparation. People power wins over corporate power. We're excited to share the full, messy, and hopefully inspiring story here! https://medium.com//one-of-the-worlds-largest-private-pris

My mother always told me, the truth will set you free. I just never knew I would have to fight a lawsuit from a private prison company making billions off of people’s backs to defend the truth. https://www.newsweek.com/prison-company-sues-activist-writi The truth is, that private prisons made money from family separation. The truth is, that private prison companies are facing an existential threat as their financial performance tanks, and Biden has pledged to stop using priv...ate facilities federally. The truth is, that over 500,000 people across the country took action under the banner #FamiliesBelongTogether to address this harm, and are the collective heroes of this story. The truth is, we helped educate people on where their money spends the night, and we as a society are waking up the idea our money should empower communities, not harm them. The truth is, that while they claimed that I and Candide Group masterminded this all out of malice, all we did was hold up a mirror to THEIR truth. That’s the truth: and I’m sticking to it.

Excited to feature women of color-led organizations you can donate to on #GivingTuesday! Please share...and give! https://tinyurl.com/WOCGivingTuesday

free event on Monday!!! link in the comments.