By Aldore Collier Few examples of glaring and enduring racism stand out more than in the motion picture industry, where stereotypes persist on screen and Blacks are underrepresented in the power jobs behind the scenes. So, to promote solutions to decades-old inequities, Color Of Change ventured earlier this month to Park City, Utah, home of […]
By Liz Courquet Lesaunier Back when he was in prison, Reginald Belle knew that if he wanted to phone home, the telecom corporation that connected him to the outside world would charge as much as $1 a minute for the call. At that crazy-high rate, his loved ones told him, their monthly bill sometimes skyrocketed […]
By Aldore Collier The relentless attempts to annihilate Black history from classrooms, ban books by celebrated Black authors such as Toni Morrison and control how Black people can wear their hair will be at the center of Color Of Change’s Black History Now Live discussion series. The series, which is presented in four episodes through […]
Color Of Change report Hundreds of Color Of Change volunteers and community members turned out for “Serve Our Sisters” events in seven cities during the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend earlier this month to pack care packages for women returning to communities after being incarcerated. Started in 2018, COC’s Serve Our Sisters combines community […]
Color Of Change report If you are among the 28 million households that have watched “Harry & Meghan,” the riveting Netflix docuseries about Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, and the overt racism they have endured from the British media, the royal family and social media, then you caught a […]
Color Of Change Report For years, Google has been putting out its annual “Year in Search,” a video snapshot of the trends in search activity on its site. Earlier this month, a spoof of Google’s video – produced by Color Of Change – caught the tech giant’s attention. The video, called “Hold Google Accountable,” illustrates […]
By Color Of Change Staff We did it! Color Of Change members responded in a big way to the request for donations on Giving Tuesday, which happens each year the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. More than 2,000 donors made gifts to Color Of Change for Giving Tuesday resulting in our largest total gift amount during a […]
By Color Of Change Staff Color Of Change is an organization powered by people — people who take action to make a more human, less hostile world for Black people. At year’s end, COC hosts a series of gratitude events around the country to celebrate members who are local ambassadors driving positive change. This year, […]
By Liz Courquet Lesaunier What would you give up for 381 days in pursuit of justice? Sixty-seven years ago this month, nearly 40,000 Black residents of Montgomery, Alabama, gave up the comfort and convenience of mass transportation to demand equality. For more than a year, they turned their backs on the city bus system in […]
By Aldore Collier When the national Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday rolls around in January, Color Of Change members in seven cities will be busy assembling care packages for women returning to communities after being incarcerated. Hundreds of COC members and volunteers in Philadelphia, Raleigh, Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans and Los Angeles will […]
By Aldore Collier Destanie Newell cringes deep down everytime she hears people use the term “foster kids.” It’s because Newell, a senior regional manager of Color Of Change’s Movement Building Team, spent the majority of her childhood in the foster care system – from age 2 to 17. She knows firsthand the painful stigma that […]
By Aldore Collier When emails and calls went out recently to Color Of Change volunteers to donate time and money to help children in foster care, the response was immediate and heartwarming. Since 2021, COC members have served more than 1,200 youths and young adults in Houston, Los Angeles and Oakland through Comfort Drops, a […]