For Immediate Release: April 22, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE RELEASES STATEMENT FOLLOWING HISTORIC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE ON D.C. STATEHOOD Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Democracy Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement following today’s historic House vote to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state in the country: […]
For Immediate Release April 21, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: DOJ PROBE INTO MINNEAPOLIS PD IS A SMALL STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD NEW YORK—Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued the following statement in response to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement that the Department of […]
For Immediate Release: April 20, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change: Facebook Must Enforce a Permanent Content Moderation Policy to Remove Violent Posts NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook’s plans announced today to limit misinformation, hate and violent content related to the trial of Derek Chauvin and the murder of George Floyd, Color Of Change […]
For Immediate Release April 20, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: DEREK CHAUVIN GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS — OUR FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE CONTINUES Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued this statement following the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: “This has been a traumatic […]
For Immediate Release: April 16, 2021 Color Of Change Applauds House Judiciary Committee Vote to Advance H.R. 40 NATIONWIDE — In response to the House Judiciary Committee’s decision to advance H.R. 40, Color Of Change released the following statement from President Rashad Robinson: “The House Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance H.R. 40 marks a […]
For Immediate Release: April 15, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: HORRIFIC POLICE VIDEO SHOWS HOW SYSTEMIC RACISM IN POLICING LED TO THE MURDER OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement following the release of police body-camera footage depicting the death of […]
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Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson appears on MSNBC to discuss police reform. While Minnesota prosecutors broke “blue wall” of silence by having police testify against Chauvin at his trial, witnesses are still resisting real accountability, he explains. “This is a systemic issue so it demands a systemic solution… Derek Chauvin just did what he did that day with his hands in his pockets, his sunglasses on, and we’re expected to believe this wasn’t part of an unwritten culture of a police department where Derek Chauvin had repeated violations, repeated complaints and nothing was done. This is what we see time and time again.” Full interview at https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/why-policing-s-bad-apple-argument-has-to-end-with-derek-chauvin-110032965634
For Immediate Release April 13, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org. COLOR OF CHANGE: P.A. BILL ESTABLISHING MEDICAL PAROLE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP — BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PROTECT INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Democracy Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement following the introduction of Pennsylvania Senate Bill 549, which would […]
For Immediate Release: April 12, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org POLICE OFFICERS KILL ANOTHER BLACK MAN IN MINNESOTA DURING A TRAFFIC STOP JUST 10 MILES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS HEARING DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Democracy Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement following the police murder of 20-year-old […]
For Immediate Release April 7, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org. COLOR OF CHANGE: BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION’S INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ARE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION — BUT THERE’S MORE WORK AHEAD Rashad Robinson issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s announcement that his administration will invest more than $5.3 billion in community violence intervention and […]
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2021 Media contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Responds to House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing In response to the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on disinformation with tech CEOs, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson issued the following statement: “The House and Energy Commerce Committee disinformation hearing on Thursday […]
For Immediate Release: March 29, 2021 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE: MINNEAPOLIS JURORS, SPECTATORS MUST REMEMBER THAT DEREK CHAUVIN IS ON TRIAL — NOT GEORGE FLOYD Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued this statement as witness testimony begins in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George […]