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THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Fighting to Reform Prosecutorial Power After Roe

Sakira Cook, Color Of Change’s interim vice president, appears on the Laura Flanders Show to discuss the immense power of prosecutors to protect women and personal health decisions after the overthrow of Roe v Wade. DAs decide which cases to bring, what charges to make and what sentences to ask for — and whether to prosecute pregnancy outcomes or women seeking abortions in states where it’s been banned. Sakira shares what prosecutors can do, or not do, especially when it comes to implementing new abortion bans. Sakira says, “We have to hold prosecutors accountable, judges accountable, police accountable to a new approach. There is a great responsibility for prosecutors to use their power in a positive way, to divert people away from the criminal legal system, to reduce mass incarceration, and really funnel people out who don’t belong there.”

Watch the segment at
https://youtu.be/K8Q-aEjYxYc

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COLOR OF CHANGE: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S SAFER AMERICA PLAN PRIORITIZES CRIMINALIZATION OVER COMMUNITY SAFETY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2022 CONTACT media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S SAFER AMERICA PLAN PRIORITIZES CRIMINALIZATION OVER COMMUNITY SAFETY Sakira Cook, co-interim vice-president of Color Of Change, issued the following statement following the release of President Biden’s Safer American Plan: “Black America will not be made safer by the Biden administration’s new Safer […]

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BLAVITY: We’re Demanding Accountability From Big Tech In The Fight For Reproductive Freedom

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many states have introduced laws to provide financial incentives fo citizens to report people having “illegal” abortions, even those who cross state lines for abortions. This type of legislation combined with easy-to-access, unprotected medical information, like menstruation tracking apps and geotargeted tracing around abortion providers, creates a new danger: digital abortion bounty hunters. Tech companies need to put a stop to it. They have an abundance of data on reproductive health — and they’re not doing enough to protect it, while downplaying privacy slip-ups. There’s too much at stake! We need accountability in the form of policies and promises not to collect personal health information that can be weaponized against women.

Full article available at https://bit.ly/3Ji6wgY

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COLOR OF CHANGE AND THE FREEDOM BLOC LAUNCH PETITION DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM AKRON, OHIO LEADERS IN WAKE OF JAYLAND WALKER’S MURDER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2022 CONTACT media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE AND THE FREEDOM BLOC LAUNCH PETITION DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM AKRON, OHIO LEADERS IN WAKE OF JAYLAND WALKER’S MURDER NEW YORK — Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, and The Freedom BLOC, an organization that works to build Black political […]

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COLOR OF CHANGE CALLS ON PROSECUTORS, CORPORATIONS TO PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE FOLLOWING SCOTUS OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE.

For Immediate Release: June 29, 2022 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE CALLS ON PROSECUTORS, CORPORATIONS TO PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE FOLLOWING SCOTUS OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE. Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, issued the following statement. “For the last several days, the vast majority of the country has been responding to the Supreme Court’s […]

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STATEMENT FROM RASHAD ROBINSON, PRESIDENT OF COLOR OF CHANGE, ON DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION RULING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2022 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org STATEMENT FROM RASHAD ROBINSON, PRESIDENT OF COLOR OF CHANGE, ON DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION RULING Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, issued the following statement following the overturning of Roe v. Wade “The Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is […]

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MSNBC: Leaked SCOTUS Opinion Draft Is a Warning to LGBTQ+ Americans

Democrats warn that same-sex marriage could be the Supreme Court’s next target after Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion draft on Roe v. Wade is leaked to the public. Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson is interviewed by Jonathan Capehart on how real the threat is against LGBTQ Americans. “Time and time again, this Court and the larger right wing has shown us what their agenda is… This is a larger strategy to both take this country backwards and chip away at all of the rights and hard-earned victories of so many communities. So many issues are on the line here and we can’t fight issue by issue but to build the type of momentum that takes us into elections and beyond.” He adds, “When our backs are up against the wall, we have to fight like it!”

Full interview is available at https://on.msnbc.com/3zpqBgF

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Good Housekeeping and Prevention to Remove Body Mass Index as a Metric for Health in Reporting Across All Platforms

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org Good Housekeeping and Prevention to Remove Body Mass Index (BMI) as a Metric for Health in Reporting Across All Platforms Color Of Change partnered with Hearst Magazines’ Good Housekeeping and Prevention to raise awareness of the dangers of relying on BMI and to encourage audiences to focus […]

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COLOR OF CHANGE: CHARGES IN PATRICK LYOYA CASE ARE A FIRST STEP IN ACCOUNTABILITY–– BUT IT’S TIME TO LOOK BEYOND POLICE FOR TRUE SAFETY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2022 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: CHARGES IN PATRICK LYOYA CASE ARE A FIRST STEP IN ACCOUNTABILITY–– BUT IT’S TIME TO LOOK BEYOND POLICE FOR TRUE SAFETY Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, issued the following statement following the charges in the murder of Patrick Lyoya: “Patrick Lyoya should […]

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COLOR OF CHANGE: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON POLICE REFORM IS A BASELINE TO ADDRESS TOXIC POLICING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2022 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON POLICE REFORM IS A BASELINE TO ADDRESS TOXIC POLICING Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement in response to the news that President Biden will issue an executive […]

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Color Of Change Joins National Coalition to Demand Change at Facebook and #MakeMarkListen

For Immediate Release: May 17, 2022 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Joins National Coalition to Demand Change at Facebook and #MakeMarkListen NATIONWIDE — Following the launch of #MakeMarkListen and increased demands for accountability from Facebook executives and decision makers, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson has issued the following statement: “Under the leadership of […]

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FAST COMPANY: Color Of Change 5th Most Innovative Co. of 2022

Color Of Change once again made Fast Company’s Most Innovative list, coming in at #5 for our work to hold businesses to their racial justice promises. A year after the uprisings for George Floyd, we launched Beyond the Statement—demanding racial equity audits from tech and Hollywood companies, and calling on Google for promising $100 million for Black creators while preventing advertisers from supporting BLM-related videos on YouTube. We persuaded financial services companies to eliminate practices that disproportionately harm Black consumers and get companies in majority-Black cities to initiate jobs and apprenticeship programs. To drive culture change , we launched #ChangeHollywood, #ChangeMusic, and #ChangeFashion—with roadmaps to help companies create more equity and tools like the Directory of Anti-Racist Trainers.

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