By Color of Change staff People from Boca Raton to Birmingham and Denver to Los Angeles leaned into their power and crafted their personal stories into narratives for social change at Color Of Change’s recent “Empowerment Lab: Storytelling Roundtable.” The virtual training session, held Oct. 14, was designed to better equip students, parents and educators […]
By Color Of Change staff When we organize, we win. That statement highlights Color Of Change’s latest victory in the fight to defend Black history involving one of the nation’s leading publishers and distributors of children’s books. In a public apology, children’s book publisher Scholastic announced Oct. 24 that it is reversing its actions that […]
Color Of Change is starting its end-of-the-year fundraising drive, an opportunity for members to strengthen our collective power, to help sustain more wins and to build the infrastructure we need to fight back against persistent attacks on our democracy, our rights and Black history. Thank you for your support and appreciation for our mission — […]
By Color Of Change staff More than 230 parents, educators and community organizers concerned about attempts to erase Black history in public schools attended Color Of Change’s School Board Training to gain tools needed to fight back. The free virtual training sessions were held Aug. 12 and Aug. 31 and drew people from across the […]
By Color Of Change staff As the U.S. Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson will join other justice advocates for a panel discussion on reforming the nation’s highest court during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference this week. The panel, “Court Reform: Expand the Court […]
By Color Of Change staff When the parents of children at the Red Balloon Early Childhood Learning Center learned last fall that Columbia University planned to shut down the center in West Harlem, they turned to Color Of Change for help. COC, one of the nation’s foremost racial justice organizations with a successful track record […]
August is Black Philanthropy Month By Color Of Change staff For far too long, the efforts of Black donors have been overlooked or underrepresented when it comes to telling the story of philanthropy and charitable giving. But reports consistently show that Black families give a greater percentage of their wealth to charitable causes than all […]
Juneteenth: How Misinformation Shapes Our Past and Present By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier This is what you’ve probably been told about Juneteenth: Enslaved Black people in Texas had no idea they were free until June 19, 1865, the day U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of the Civil War and […]
By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier Leaf through the pregnancy advice classic “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” and you’ll find answers to questions like “Can I keep up my spinning class?” and “How can I eat for two if I’m too queasy to eat for one?” Absent from the book, however, are tips for the estimated 58,000 […]
By Color Of Change staff When travelers use the online booking site Airbnb for their next vacation getaway, they won’t find rental listings for slave cabins on former antebellum plantations. Black and Latino travelers also will find it easier to receive a review as a guest — the lack of which has hampered them from […]
By Color Of Change staff Days after burying their son, the parents of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who died after a savage beating from Memphis police, sat in the U.S. Capitol gallery during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech last week. In his speech, Biden mentioned a conversation he had earlier […]
By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier Ever heard that old saying “crime doesn’t pay”? The American predatory prison services industry knows otherwise. Private corporations, inflating prices on everything from basic hygiene products to health care, rake in $80 billion in profits every year. That money lines the pockets of CEOs and Wall Street shareholders, most of whom are […]