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 […]
Support Color Of Change Nov. 29 on Giving Tuesday November is a season of giving. And with Giving Tuesday coming up on Nov. 29, just after Thanksgiving, we ask you to continue fueling the power of change with a donation to Color Of Change. This year, Color Of Change celebrated 17 years of service since our […]
By Liz Courquet-Lesaunier ’Tis the season for crossing items off your holiday shopping list. But when it comes to deciding what to buy for your friends and family — as well as where to buy it — the realities of our ongoing national racial reckoning can’t be denied. How do you know the store isn’t paying […]
Color Of Change report When Elon Musk took over Twitter last month, the ensuing chaos sent shock waves through Color of Change and its millions of members, as well as the nation’s other social justice organizations. Musk immediately fired half of Twitter’s staff – including specialists who guard against hateful content and user data theft […]
By Johnnie L. Roberts Education for, of and about Black people in America has occupied the crosshairs of an ongoing, 403-year assault to sustain the nation’s founding white ruling order. From enslavers’ laws against teaching Black people to read to today’s wave of banned books in the classroom, the strike against education seeks to suppress […]
COC hosts special screenings of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” in three cities By Color Of Change staff Color Of Change rolled out the red carpet for members at three complimentary special screenings of Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” one of the most anticipated movies of the year. More than 1,700 people answered COC’s “Premiere for […]
L.A. City Council President Forced Out After Taped Anti-Black Remarks Leaked When an audio recording of three members of Los Angeles City Council making crude and anti-Black comments was leaked and posted to social media and printed in the Los Angeles Times, Angelenos were outraged. The torrent of racial insults, made by City Council President […]
Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, recently spoke on a National Town Hall panel at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 51st Annual Legislative Conference in Washington. The conference theme: “Advancing Our Purpose, Elevating Our Power.” More than 10,000 people attended the weekend event held Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 in Washington. The town hall […]