In an essay for TIME, “Building a Moonshot for Racial Justice,” Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon, CPE Co-Founder and CEO, reflects on the progress made to eradicate racism in the United States in the five years since George Floyd’s death. While the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s death saw a surge in local initiatives and some federal policy reform to make policing less racist and hold police more accountable, that momentum has since waned. Under the second Trump administration, the progress toward equality and justice has become much more challenging. A sustained effort that celebrates the smallest of victories is needed to create lasting systemic change:
The third step is abandoning the idea that justice is a single achievement—a moon landing, one legislative win, one landmark court ruling, one budget reallocation that will fix everything. Justice is not a single scheme. It is not a destination. It is a sustained effort, something that must be secured over and over again. Insufficient gains are still gains. While legislation documenting habitually abusive police is not enough, neither is it meaningless.
Read the essay on TIME’s website.