On April 8, 2022, the national spotlight was brought to the human rights issue of human trafficking in Dallas after a North Richland Hills 15-year-old girl was abducted from the American Airlines Center. The 15-year-old girl's father told police of…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a grassroots organization founded in 1994 with a mission to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America.[1] Since 9/11 and the subsequent exponential growth in hate crimes…
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam was born October 16, 1930 in Campbell, Texas. As a young girl in the early 1940s, her family moved to Dallas. Kathlyn graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948, and inspired by her own mother’s civic engagement, became…
A group of Holocaust survivors living in Dallas in 1984 founded the Dallas Holocaust Museum.[1] When it first opened its doors, the Museum’s primary purpose was to educate the public on the history of the genocide committed by Nazi Germany for…
Imagine being a child that is neglected, abused and then placed in the hands of strangers in a court system. In the foster care system, a child may move from one temporary foster home to another. The process to determine a permanent home for a…
Those of us lucky enough to grow up in a generally stable and safe country can hardly imagine the physical, emotional, psychological, and social struggles endured by refugees. Civil strife, resource deprivation, and political persecution often render…
Have you ever wondered if it is possible for children coming out of juvenile detention centers to just get a job and what their future holds? If they do get a job, are they going to be committed to it? Will customers feel safe in an environment where…
By a 2015 count, there were nearly 10,000 homeless people living on the streets of Dallas. The city in 2016, under the leadership of then mayor Mike Rawlings, proposed solutions for providing housing for the city’s unhoused population. At the…
On September 20, 2019, Domingo Ramirez-Cayente drove up to pedestrian Daniela Calderon, a Latina transgender woman, in the 11000 block of Dennis Road, north of Royal Lane in Dallas, where he made derogatory remarks about gay and transgender people.…
“Peace and Justice are two strands of the same rope. If you want peace in the world, first you have to work for justice.” (Hadi Jawad, Executive Director of the Dallas Peace and Justice Center)
The Dallas Peace and Justice Center (DPJC), previously…
