For Immediate Release: December 23, 2024 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE COMMENDS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CLEMENCY ACTION, URGES CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARD JUSTICE NATIONAL – President Joe Biden continues to demonstrate mercy in unprecedented ways, using his clemency power to commute the sentences of 37 people who were awaiting execution on death row. This monumental action, coupled […]
For Immediate Release: December 16, 2024 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Launches New Black Tech Agenda To Make Technology Work for Black Communities The comprehensive platform calls for stronger regulation to stop tech companies from harming Black communities and ensure artificial intelligence benefits everyone NATIONAL – Color Of Change (COC), the nation’s largest […]
For Immediate Release: December 13, 2024 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE OPPOSES HARMEET K. DHILLON’S NOMINATION AS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NATIONAL – This week, Donald Trump nominated California Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of […]
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2024 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE REACTS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S RECORD-BREAKING CLEMENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NATIONAL – In a sweeping act of mercy, President Biden announced today that he will grant clemency to more than 1,500 individuals, which is the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Over 95% of those […]
For Immediate Release: December 11, 2024 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE REACTS TO ACQUITTAL IN JORDAN NEELY’S MURDER National – This week, a jury of 12 New Yorkers reached a verdict in the case of Daniel Penny who was on trial for the murder of Jordan Neely. Neely was a 30-year-old unhoused man, known […]
For Immediate Release: December 5, 2024 Contact: simona.jones@colorofchange.org ADVOCATES REJECT RELOCATION AS A SOLUTION TO THE MINNESOTA DOC ORDER Hennepin County, MN. – On October 31, 2024, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) placed the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center’s license on conditional status and ordered the jail to reduce its population to […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2024 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE RELEASES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY PAMELA PRICE CONCEDING TO RECALL ELECTION RACE Alameda County, CA – Yesterday, District Attorney Pamela Price announced her official concession following the outcome of the recall election initiated against her. The Alameda County Board of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2024 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org DOJ RELEASES SCATHING REPORT ON FULTON COUNTY JAIL ORGS INCLUDING COLOR OF CHANGE CALL ON SHERIFF TO RESIGN Fulton, GA. – A new investigation released by the U.S. Department of Justice has uncovered unconstitutional conditions at the Fulton County Jail, prompting urgent calls for accountability. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2024 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE REACTS TO 2024 ELECTION RESULTS National – Color Of Change, the nation’s largest racial justice organization, issues the following statement to 2024 election results from Kyle Bibby, Chief of Campaigns & Programs: “The results from Tuesday night have left many in […]
For Immediate Release: November 1, 2024 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Legal Scholars and Community Organizations File Amicus Briefs Opposing Chicago FOP Appeal Chicago, IL. – Today, community organizations filed an amicus brief in court arguing that police misconduct disciplinary hearings must be open to the public. Legal scholars also filed a separate amicus brief voicing […]
For Immediate Release: October 21, 2024 Contact: simona.jones@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE AND CAARPR SEND LETTER TO CHICAGO MAYOR JOHNSON DEMANDING THE TERMINATION OF POLICE OFFICERS CONNECTED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS FOLLOWING ALARMING REPORT FINDINGS Chicago, IL.- Today, Color Of Change, one of the nation’s largest racial justice groups, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and […]
For Immediate Release: September 23, 2024 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Urges Action in Response to 16-Year Injustice, Backs CA Moriarty’s Pursuit of Equity HENNEPIN COUNTY – In a monumental move, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has announced the decision to support vacating the 2009 murder conviction against Edgar Barrientos-Quintana in the 2008 […]