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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Breonna Taylor Case Sparks More Protests After Grand Jury Decision

Breonna Taylor’s mother has spoken out after Kentucky’s Attorney General announced that none of the officers involved in Taylor’s killing would be charged with her death. Scott Roberts, Color Of Change’s Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns joined CBS News to discuss how the justice system has failed, and why protesters continue to call for the defunding of police. Watch the full interview by clicking the logo above.

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OP-ED: The Racism that Pervaded the US Health System for Years Is Even Deadlier Now

In his latest column for the Guardian, Rashad Robinson explains how the failed and corrupt response to COVID-19 is killing Black businesses, Black jobs, Black votes and Black people – more than other communities. That’s why The Black Response and other avenues for racial justice activism are critical now. Read the full piece at https://bit.ly/3e7ET9O.

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Justice Reform Advocates Launch #ClemencyWorks Campaign Urging U.S. Governors to Free Incarcerated People Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Contact: Justin Henry (908) 448-8397 jhenry@fenton.com   JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATES LAUNCH #CLEMENCYWORKS CAMPAIGN URGING U.S. GOVERNORS TO FREE INCARCERATED PEOPLE AMID COVID-19 OUTBREAK  Today, the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Color Of Change announced the launch of #ClemencyWorks, a campaign to free incarcerated people in the midst of the […]

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OP-ED: Coronavirus & Racial Justice

Rashad writes in LA Progressive about how COVID-19 is Trump’s Katrina. The pandemic has reached epic proportions in the US because of a lack of corporate and government accountability. Decades of growing inequality that mean Black lives and communities are unnecessarily put at even higher risk. Read the full article at https://bit.ly/2YGqISF.

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Color Of Change: Coronavirus Poses Racial Justice Concerns in Every Aspect of Society.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 13, 2020   Contact: Amanda Ebrahim aebrahim@fenton.com (516) 492-9757 Color Of Change: Coronavirus Poses Racial Justice Concerns in Every Aspect of Society. Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement regarding coronavirus: The COVID-19 pandemic has reached pandemic proportions in […]

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President Rashad Robinson: Facebook Town Hall Speech

Facebook Town Hall Opening Remarks   In different ways, for each of us here, for all of us here, this is a big moment. We’re taking a big new step by being here together. Whether those at Facebook, or those in advocacy, or those in communities from Atlanta to Oakland, we have all worked so hard […]

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Nation’s Largest Online Racial Justice Group Reflects on California’s 2019 Legislative Session

SACRAMENTO — Following the close of California’s 2019 legislative session today, Color Of Change–the nation’s largest online racial justice organization–issued the following statement from Managing Director of Campaigns Arisha Hatch:   “The 2019 session of the California legislature drove a number of achievements for civil rights progress, advancing the quality of life for Black people, […]

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`Black Mama’s Bail Out’ Launches 3rd Annual Campaign

For the third Mother’s Day in a row, Color Of Change supported the Black Mama’s Bail Out, a grassroots effort to bring women home — and amplify calls to end money bail and the growing incarceration of women.

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Color Of Change: Facebook’s Policy Update on White Nationalism is Critical Step Forward

For Immediate Release: March 27, 2019 Media Contact: Kwame Belle, kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com| Michelle Morris, michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com New York — Following updates to Facebook’s content moderation policy pertaining to white nationalism and white separatism, Color Of Change issued the following statement from President Rashad Robinson: “Color Of Change alerted Facebook years ago to the growing dangers of white nationalists on its platform, and today, we are […]

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Color Of Change Members Demand That North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, NC Attorney General Josh Stein, and District Attorney Kimberly Robb Free Dontae Sharpe

For Immediate Release MEDIA CONTACT: Troy Blackwell, 646.828.0844 troy.blackwell@berlinrosen.com Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement demanding that after twenty-four years of wrongful incarceration, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, NC Attorney General Josh Stein, and District Attorney Kimberly Robb free Dontae Sharpe, a Black man that has been […]

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