For Immediate Release: July 22, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE PRESIDENT RASHAD ROBINSON ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING ARREST AT SUPREME COURT RALLY FOR VOTING RIGHTS Rashad Robinson, President of Color of Change, issued this statement following his arrest on the steps of the Supreme Court after a press event and rally advocating for voting […]
For Immediate Release: July 6, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: GWEN LEVI’S RELEASE REVEALS PERSISTENT CRUELTY OF MASS INCARCERATION — BIDEN MUST USE CLEMENCY POWERS TO STOP SPREAD OF COVID-19 Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Democracy Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement after a federal judge granted compassionate […]
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Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, joins WNYC host Brian Lehrer to talks about how corporate America is reacting to legislation that restricts voting rights – and what more he thinks they could be doing. Rashad says, “Corporations play an outsized role in advocating the terms of our democracy… We are engaging in the free market the same way they do — by telling them that they can’t come for our money by day and take away our vote or make us unsafe by night.”
Full interview at www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2021-04-16/
For Immediate Release: July 2, 2021 Media contact: media@colorofchange.org Olympic Institutions Undermine Progress with Wave of Discriminatory Policy Announcements, Send Chilling Message to Black Athletes NATIONWIDE — In response to discriminatory policies upheld by Olympic sports organizations and following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) latest Rule 50 guideline changes for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, […]
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: BUDGET VOTE INCREASING NYPD FUNDING REVEALS BROKEN PROMISE FROM MAYOR DE BLASIO, CITY COUNCIL TO INVEST IN NYC COMMUNITIES Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Democracy Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement following New York City Council vote approving […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 28, 2021 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org MORE THAN 85 ADVOCACY GROUPS ENDORSE THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSE ACT; URGE CONGRESS TO PASS KEY LEGISLATION Newly introduced legislation brings a new focus on public safety as a public health issue, allocates critical resources toward community safety to fill gaps in the current system […]
For Immediate Release: June 25, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Chauvin Sentence is Historic but Fails to Change History: Police Departments Themselves Must Face the Same Accountability Chauvin Did NEW YORK—Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued the following statement in response to the sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: “While Derek […]
For Immediate Release: June 24, 2021 Media contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Endorses Sweeping Antitrust Legislative Package NATIONWIDE — In response to the House Judiciary Committee’s vote, concluded today, on the Ending Platform Monopolies Act; American Choice and Innovation Online Act; Platform Competition and Opportunity Act; Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2021 CONTACT: media@colorofchange.org #BeyondTheStatement: Color Of Change Holds Corporations Accountable to Racial Justice Promises Leading racial justice organization launches microsite outlining new demands of corporations that made racial justice statements NATIONWIDE — A year after the racial justice protests in response to the murder of George Floyd sparked a wave […]
Immediate Release: June 21, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change: SCOTUS Ruling Against NCAA Confirms It’s Time to Pay the Players Landmark Decision Highlights NCAA’s Systematic Exploitation of Black Athletes NATIONWIDE – In response to today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision in the National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Shawne Alston case, ruling the NCAA has violated antitrust laws […]
For Immediate Release: June 21, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org PUMA Joins Color Of Change in Sponsoring Olympic Gold Medalist Gwen Berry for 2021 Season NATIONWIDE – Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, today announced PUMA will match the organization’s $15,000 sponsorship of Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry. Berry will be a part […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Marks One-Year Anniversary of ‘Stop Hate For Profit’ Campaign NATIONWIDE — On the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Stop Hate For Profit campaign, in which Color Of Change and allies called on corporations to boycott advertising on Facebook, Color Of Change Senior […]