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.

The full list is at https://bit.ly/3PnyXNb

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LA TIMES: Under Musk’s Twitter Takeover, Who Will Protect Users?

As Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson writes in this op-ed alongside UCLA Professor Safiya Noble, Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter illustrates a common problem in our media landscape — monopoly control without accountability. Just as we need rules for TV and news media designed to protect people, we need rules for tech companies. “Ownership of communication outlets continues to be consolidated into the hands of a few, which has had an incredibly harmful effect on politics, education and the way we narrate and understand our shared societal challenges.” With Musk making Twitter private, “There is no question that abuses on a platform that has already struggled with racism and harassment will become even more difficult to rein in… A self-regulated company is a non-regulated company.”

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UPDATE: MORE THAN 100 ADVOCACY GROUPS CALL ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO CONDEMN ANTI-PROTEST LAWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org     UPDATE: MORE THAN 100 ADVOCACY GROUPS CALL ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO CONDEMN ANTI-PROTEST LAWS Advocacy groups to the DOJ on state sponsored bills meant to disrupt First Amendment right to protest: “This is an assault on our constitutional rights, our communities, and human rights.” […]

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COLOR OF CHANGE: PRESIDENT BIDEN MUST CONTINUE EXERCISING CLEMENCY POWERS AND HELP END RACIALIZED MASS INCARCERATION

For Immediate Release:  April 26, 2022  Contact: media@colorofchange.org  COLOR OF CHANGE: PRESIDENT BIDEN MUST CONTINUE EXERCISING CLEMENCY POWERS AND HELP END RACIALIZED MASS INCARCERATION Scott Roberts, senior director of criminal justice and democracy campaigns at Color Of Change issued this statement following President Biden’s announcement to commute the sentences of 78 incarcerated people:   “Today, following […]

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Color Of Change Calls for Greater Accountability and Federal Regulation of Twitter Amidst Elon Musk Takeover Bid

For Immediate Release: April 25, 2022 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Calls for Greater Accountability and Federal Regulation of Twitter Amidst Elon Musk Takeover Bid NATIONWIDE — Following the announcement by Twitter’s Board of Directors that the company will accept Elon Musk’s $46.5 billion purchase offer, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson issued the […]

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COLOR OF CHANGE AND ACLU LAUNCH AD CAMPAIGN URGING FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, CEO PREM WATSA TO DIVEST FROM THE FOR-PROFIT BAIL INDUSTRY

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2022  Contact: media@colorofchange.org    COLOR OF CHANGE AND ACLU LAUNCH AD CAMPAIGN URGING FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, CEO PREM WATSA TO DIVEST FROM THE FOR-PROFIT BAIL INDUSTRY Advocates deploy mobile billboards, print newspaper ads as Fairfax holds annual shareholders meeting in Toronto TORONTO – Today, Color Of Change and the American Civil Liberties […]

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FORTUNE COMMENTARY: Investors Are Telling Apple to ‘Think Different’ About Civil Rights

Color Of Change’s Sr. Campaigns Director Jade Magnus Ogunnaike teams up with SEIU’s Renaye Manely in this commentary on growing pressure for Apple to conduct a civil rights audit. Apple has repeatedly failed to examine its products by racial justice and nondiscrimination standards before they’re released. “It’s become quite clear that the company’s verbal commitments are not matching up with its actions, particularly when it comes to the impact Apple’s own products and practices have on its Black and Brown workers, customers and communities.” The company’s commitment to diversity is also lacking. Nearly 70% of Apple’s global leadership is male. Black and Latino workers in tech positions has never reached 10%. It’s time for change. And in a historic move, Apple’s stakeholders agree. They recently voted for an audit.

Full article at https://bit.ly/3llOsqR

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COLOR OF CHANGE: MURDER OF PATRICK LYOYA REAFFIRMS THAT POLICE-ONLY APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS KILLING BLACK PEOPLE 

For Immediate Release: April 14, 2022  Contact: media@colorofchange.org    COLOR OF CHANGE: MURDER OF PATRICK LYOYA REAFFIRMS THAT POLICE-ONLY APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS KILLING BLACK PEOPLE  Scott Roberts, senior director of criminal justice and democracy campaigns at Color Of Change issued the following statement following the video footage released by the Grand Rapids Police […]

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Color Of Change Secures Protections for Holly Court Apartments’ Tenants After Mass Eviction 

For Immediate Release: April 12, 2022 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org  Color Of Change Secures Protections for Holly Court Apartments’ Tenants After Mass Eviction  TAMPA, FL — Following a wave of evictions at Holly Court Apartments in Tampa, Florida Color Of Change supported impacted tenants in January through a rapid-response campaign demanding the management company, Palm Communities […]

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CRIME REPORT OP-ED: Why a ‘Police-Only’ Approach to Public Safety Fails Black Communities

Malachi Robinson, Color of Change’s Criminal Justice Campaigns Director, writes about the convictions against the three of the Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death. “A federal jury last month finally recognized what we have always known to be true: the rules of policing are what make U.S. police forces racist, not just individual officers.” Those rules need to change. We now see, he argues, that those changes are not going to come from the Biden administration. And despite a handful of convictions against abusive police, killings by police have gone up in the last year. So what would real justice look like? For starters, follow the money. And invest in Black communities like we currently invest in police departments.

Full article at https://bit.ly/3sfMOLy

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Color Of Change: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Sets Higher Standard for Supreme Court Justice Qualifications 

For Immediate Release: April 7, 2022  Contact: media@colorofchange.org   Color Of Change: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Sets Higher Standard for Supreme Court Justice Qualifications  Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson issued the following statement after the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. “As she becomes the first […]

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