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Few Minority-Owned Businesses Got Relief Loans They Asked For

This article dives into the results of the survey Color Of Change conducted with UnidosUS, interviewing 500 business owners and 1,200 workers on how COVID-19 is affecting them. The survey found that the Paycheck Protection Program and other federal relief efforts largely neglected business owners who are Brown and Black, and nearly half the respondents expect to close their businesses permanently within 6 months. Rashad Robinson is quoted, “If we don’t get policies to protect these communities, we will lose a generation of Black and Brown businesses.”

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Racial Justice & Advocacy Groups Call for Health & Safety Protections for Amazon Workers Amid COVID-19

Color Of Change joined dozens of social justice groups calling on Amazon to protect their frontline workers after the company fired staffers who spoke out about health and safety concerns on the job. The coalition continues to pressure major corporations that’ve been putting profits above people to improve protections for the people keeping the country going through the pandemic.

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The Racism that’s Pervaded the US Health System for Years Is Even Deadlier Now

In his latest Guardian column, Rashad explains how the failed and corrupt response to COVID-19 is killing Black businesses, jobs, votes, and people. That’s why Color Of Change’s Black Response and activism are critical now. He writes, “Even with factories shut down all across the country, one thing America never stops manufacturing is widespread racial injustice.”

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Why the Virus Is a Civil Rights Issue: ‘The Pain Will Not Be Shared Equally’

This article talks about Color Of Change’s and other groups’ digital and distance organizing work to ensure the COVID-19 response takes care of Black people and all those hardest hit. Rashad is quoted, “It’s really hard to overstate the critical moment we are in as a people, given how this virus has ripped through our community. We know the pain will not be shared equally.”

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Petition Asks Congress to Protect Black-Owned Businesses During COVID-19

The article discusses Color Of Change’s campaign to get Congress to designate federal funding to Black-owned businesses at risk of going bankrupt. Many Black businesses have been locked out of the federal coronavirus relief fund. Congress’ current small business program overlooks the impact that decades of unequal access to credit and loans have had on Black entrepreneurs.

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Essence Names #TellBlackStories One of 2020’s New Dope Black Podcasts

Find out why Essence named #TellBlackStories one of their favorite podcasts of 2020 — with live interviews from the Sundance Film Festival, conversations with the creators of docu-series Surviving R. Kelly, and intimate conversations with those changing the rules in Hollywood from Yara Shahidi and Ava DuVernay to Taraji P. Henson.

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5 Ways To Compel Corporations To Choose Black Lives Over Marginal Profits

While some companies are doing the right thing by offering paid sick leave, personal protective equipment and health insurance to their essential employees, others refuse to. In his latest column, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson breaks down how many multimillion dollar corporations are secretly putting profits over Black people’s health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

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5 Ways You Can Support Black Essential and Frontline Workers During the Pandemic

Black workers continue to step up to support and protect the entire country, at great risk to their own health. Nearly 80% of Black people in America work outside their homes in service related jobs. Too many of these heroes’ needs aren’t being met. But there are ways we can protect those who continue to sacrifice are keep the country running — fair pay, benefits, time off, protective gear, job security. Don’t let corporations treat essential workers as disposable.

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Coronavirus Has Made These Black Women’s Fight Against Cash Bail Even More Serious

This article explains how Color Of Change’s work with National Bail Out to buy women their freedom has become more important, and life-saving, as prisons and jails become epicenters of deadly COVID-19 outbreaks. As one advocate noted, “Right now, being unable to pay bail will not only cost you your freedom, but also your life.”

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Broken Ventilators Require Easier Fixes, Black Leaders Demand

Broken ventilators are the latest problem Black people bearing the brunt of coronavirus deaths have had to face. That’s why Color of Change is calling on ventilator manufacturers including Medtronic and GE to help hospitals fix the broken devices. “We’re definitely preparing to ramp up our pressure because they feel like they don’t have to be accountable in these ways and they can be dismissive of the race disparities that we’re seeing play out right now,” Brandi Collins-Dexter, COC Sr Campaign Director at Color said.

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Color Of Change Named 1 of 10 “Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Organizations of 2020”

Fast Company named Color Of Change first in its “most innovative nonprofits” list for our work with Ava DuVernay on When They See Us—the Netflix series that became a rallying cry to fix our criminal justice system. There are 2,300 elected prosecutors in the U.S. They are the most powerful people in the system. Their local elections often fall under the radar—but we’re working to change that. We already have in cities such as Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston.

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Funding Hate: How Online Merchants and Payment Processors Aid White Nationalists

After the 2017 deadly white nationalist gathering in Charlottesville, VA, Color Of Change persuaded companies like Paypal to kick white nationalist groups from their platforms. But a new report shows dozens of hate groups are still receiving donations from Amazon, DonorBox, and Stripe. COC Sr Campaign Director Brandi Collins-Dexter is quoted, “Let’s be clear: public speech promoting ideologies of hate always complements and correlates with violent actions.”

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