STOP THE CATASTROPHE

  As of today, 5/1/2024, the war on Gaza has gone on for 29 weeks. We join the many voices in the US and abroad who are protesting the war, the atrocities, and our government’s complicity in the devastation by defending and funding the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. We a

A message to Cornell students from the Dorothy Cotton Institute

 The late Dorothy Foreman Cotton (June 9, 1930 – June 10, 2018) is among the most important unsung leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, having worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and with other women whose roles in the movement have often been overlooked. As director of the Citizenshi

On Dorothy Cotton’s Birthday

Today is June 9.  Had she lived, this would be Dorothy Foreman Cotton’s 93rd birthday. Even now, her well-deserved stardom is rising. Through our documentary Move When the Spirit Says Move: the Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton, she is continuing to teach, affirm and motivate people with her