Leslie Harris & Roger Arnold
Leslie Harris & Roger Arnold
Roger Arnold

 

Roger Arnold is an activist and community organizer, as well as a former lawyer.

      Roger focuses his efforts on Global/National issues that have a local impact, including:
  • The plight of Black Trans Women
  • Police violence against Black men
  • Palestine/BDS
  • Environmental racism, including re-zoning
  • Houselessness and food poverty
  • Ending death penalty

 

Roger is primarily affiliated with:

Dallas Peace & Justice Center

  • Enviro Justice Committee (Co-Chair)
  • Middle East Committee
  • Human Rights Committee

Southern Sector Rising (Enviro Justice Group)
- Ex-officio member of steering committtee

North Texas Light Brigade
- Guardian of the fabled projector, holder of letters and doer of whatever Leslie asks

Masjid al-Islam Community Outreach Center
- Volunteer weekends to feed the houseless and food poor

Significant recent 2019 projects have included:

  • Rodney Reed: Along with Hadi Jawad and Lilly Bown, worked with the family of Rodney Reed to prevent Rodney’s execution.

  • Shingle Mountain: Worked with SSR founder Marsha Jackson, Mavis, Sister Patricia and other members of South Dallas based environmental justice group to shut down company responsible for creation of Shingle Mountain

  • Worked with SSR to obtain unanimous Planning Commission approval to hold an authorized hearing to reconsider the racist zoning of a 553-acre tract of land in South Dallas

 

 

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