General Counsel
Chief Operating Officer
Sughey Ramirez
Director of Narrative and Cultural Strategies
Dr. Rashaad Abdur-Rahman, DSW
Director of State Strategies, Government Alliance on Race and Equity
Tasmi Imlak
Network Strategies Coordinator, Government Alliance on Race and Equity
Briana Coleman, Ph.D.
Data and Insights Manager, Government Alliance on Race and Equity
Nia Davis
Director of Place-Based Strategy
This episode of Momentum, hosted by Race Forward Chief of Staff Karla Bruce, examines the enduring policy failures and systemic harms of over-policing—connecting the legacy of former Chicago police commander Jon Burge’s “Midnight Crew” to the current federal deployment of National Guard forces across U.S. cities.
In this episode, Race Forward’s Director of Root Solutions for Public Safety Alex Frank talks with John Pineda — Deputy Director and founding member of the MILPA Collective — about how communities from Minneapolis to Los Angeles are redefining public safety. Together they reflect on the lasting impact of state control, surveillance, and militarization, and the ways communities have responded through cultural organizing, resilience, and healing.