FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 17, 2020 Color Of Change and the Recording Academy® Announce #ChangeMusic Roadmap Latest partnership initiative puts forth a roadmap to bring racial justice and equity to Black creators and professionals in the music industry December 17, 2020 –Today, Color Of Change (COC) and the Recording Academy® announced the latest step […]
Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: December 11, 2020 Color Of Change Applauds U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Decision to End Sanctions Against Athletes Who Protest NATIONWIDE — In response to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s announcement yesterday that it will no longer punish Team USA athletes who raise their fists or kneel on […]
Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: December 9, 2020 Color Of Change: Unprecedented Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook from FTC, 48 State and Territorial AGs Mark Critical Step Toward Ending Big Tech’s Abuse of Power NATIONWIDE – In response to the new lawsuits filed today by the Federal Trade Commission and dozens of state attorneys general […]
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BBC Newsday interviews Scott Roberts, Color Of Change’s Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns, on unpaid, forced labor in US prisons. Nearly every US state makes millions of dollars off of prison labor, but a move is finally underway to outlaw the practice. Scott says of the slavery loophole, “Almost immediately after emancipation, this exception was used to basically continue the economy that had been built around slavery… In time, this has grown to be a massive industry.” Hear the full interview at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p090pddv
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In this Q&A, Rashad Robinson says the grand jury’s decision and lack of justice for Breonna Taylor shows urgent work on narrative change is. He discusses COC’s efforts to take on film and TV for crime dramas that lionize police and fail to show the true experiences of people of color. “I hope that this is a wakeup call to think about the stories — that get shipped out to the country and world — that create less empathy, less respect, that serve as PR arms for law enforcement. You don’t get to these types of legal and policy results without culture helping to fuel it.” Entire article at https://bit.ly/33OjIq5.
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In this op-ed, Rashad Robinson explains how In the US, the rules are still rigged against Black success. A big part of the fight to change that is finding the right story—the winning story. Because whether it’s the rules of work in an Amazon warehouse, the rules for police in our neighborhoods, or the rules that determine which hospitals get funding, or which businesses get COVID relief loans, corporations are still allowed to profit off Black people — and it’s still costing us our lives. Op-ed at https://bit.ly/3lQNLE5
For Immediate Release: December 2, 2020 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Following Demands by Color Of Change and Civil Rights Advocates, Twitter Agrees to Key Concessions and Expansion of Dehumanization Policy NATIONWIDE — In response to the announcement by Twitter that it would expand the groups protected under its dehumanization content policy, Color Of Change’s Vice President Arisha Hatch issued the following […]
Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: November 24, 2020 Color Of Change: Grammy Nominations Signal Industry Movement Towards Racial Justice Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the 2021 Grammy nominations: “In a year of uprising, sickness, and distance, music has been both a […]
Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: November 19, 2020 Color Of Change: Facebook’s New Disclosure of Hate Speech Prevalence Lacks Adequate Context NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook’s newly-released quarterly transparency report, which for the first time includes public disclosure of data on the prevalence of hate speech on the platform, Color Of Change President […]
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Color Of Change’s Vice President Arisha Hatch sits down with Bloomberg Technology to discuss the recent celebrity Instagram freeze and the advertising boycott on Facebook this summer. Celebrities boycotted Instagram for one full day in September as part of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/TYQ1NS_ZoVc
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Full Frontal on TBS asked Color Of Change Vice President Arisha Hatch to help tease out Election Night scenarios and explain how activists are preparing for Trump to falsely and prematurely declare himself winner. See what we’re doing to make sure people can vote, votes are counted, and social media companies are on watch for spreading misinformation. Watch the full video at https://youtu.be/C3W3–AED0Y
For immediate release: October 29, 2020 Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change Responds to Section 230 Hearing NATIONWIDE — In response to the Senate committee hearing on Section 230, Color Of President Rashad Robinson released the following statement: “While reforms to Section 230 are long overdue, Black people do not need political theater from members of […]