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PERSONAL ESSAY: The Bail System Hurts Black Families. Let’s Fix It.

In Men’s Health, Color Of Change Rashad Robinson shares his personal and professional reflections on the injustice of money bail. Growing up, he’d watch his family collectively scrape together money to help an uncle who’d been arrested. But Kalief Browder’s story really opened his eyes to how wrong it is to let big companies profit off reap profits off the bail industry while innocent Black and Brown people often spend months in jail just awaiting trial. Full article at https://bit.ly/3662hmS.

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Color Of Change: Kentucky A.G.’s Failure to Bring Murder Charges is a Second Injustice Against Breonna Taylor

For Immediate Release: September 23, 2020 Contact: media@colorofchange.org   COLOR OF CHANGE: KENTUCKY A.G.’S FAILURE TO BRING MURDER CHARGES IS A SECOND INJUSTICE AGAINST BREONNA TAYLOR Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued this statement following Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s failure to bring murder charges in the death of Breonna Taylor: “Today marks […]

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Color Of Change mourns the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

For Immediate Release: September 18, 2020 Contact: media@colorofchange.org   Color Of Change mourns the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg  Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement from President Rashad Robinson following the passing of civil rights champion Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Ruth Bader Ginsburg has defined generations of progress […]

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Color Of Change Sponsors Black Olympian, Activist Gwen Berry

For Immediate Release: September 8, 2020 Contact: media@colorofchange.org COLOR OF CHANGE SPONSORS OLYMPIC ATHLETE GWEN BERRY, CALLS ON CORPORATE OLYMPIC PARTNERS TO SUPPORT BLACK ATHLETES Organization’s first-ever athletic sponsorship comes after series of corporate sponsorship withdrawals in response to Berry’s racial justice activism NATIONWIDE — Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, […]

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Color Of Change Responds to Facebook Employee Resignation

For Immediate Release: September 8, 2020 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change: Facebook Employee’s Resignation is a Symptom of Company’s Unchecked Abuse of Power and Failure to Enforce Policies NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook employee Ashok Chandwaney’s resignation citing Facebook’s willingness to profit from hate on its platform, as reported by The Washington Post, Color Of […]

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Color Of Change, Nation’s Largest Online Racial Justice Organization, Celebrates 15 Years of Groundbreaking Advocacy, Reimagines Possibilities for the World Ahead of November Elections 

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 4, 2020  Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org   Color Of Change, Nation’s Largest Online Racial Justice Organization, Celebrates 15 Years of Groundbreaking Advocacy, Reimagines Possibilities for the World Ahead of November Elections  Founded in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, COC’s Strategies and Impact are More Crucial In the Face of Police Brutality, COVID-19, […]

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Tampa DA Drops Unjustified Charges Against Color Of Change and BLM Organizers

Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: September 4, 2020 TAMPA DA DROPS UNJUSTIFIED CHARGES AGAINST COLOR OF CHANGE AND BLM ORGANIZERS   Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns at Color Of Change, issued this statement in response to Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren’s decision to drop charges against protesters in Tampa, including a Color […]

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Color Of Change Responds to Facebook’s US Election Policy Updates

Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: September 3, 2020 Color Of Change Responds to Facebook’s US Election Policy Updates NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook’s announcement today of additional steps it will take on the platform ahead of the November election, Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, released the following statement from President […]

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Color Of Change: Wisconsin Needs Policing Overhaul, Legislative Upheaval To Address Spiraling Public Safety Crisis

For Immediate Release August 27, 2020   COLOR OF CHANGE: WISCONSIN NEEDS POLICING OVERHAUL, LEGISLATIVE UPHEAVAL TO ADDRESS SPIRALING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued the following statement in response to the ongoing crisis unfolding in Kenosha, Wisconsin:  “First, Kenosha police officers shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, seven times […]

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Color Of Change Launches Petition Demanding NBA Owners Support Player Protests

For Immediate Release: August 26, 2020 Color Of Change Launches Petition Demanding NBA Owners Support Player Protests  NATIONWIDE – In response to the monumental decision by NBA players to strike during the playoffs, after months of quarantine, to protest the unjust shooting of Jacob Blake and police violence across the country, Color Of Change’s President Rashad Robinson released the […]

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Color Of Change: Facebook is Complicit in Deadly Kenosha Shootings For Failing to Block Online Hate Group

For Immediate Release: August 26, 2020 Color Of Change: Facebook is Complicit in Deadly Kenosha Shootings For Failing to Block Online Hate Group, Even After Receiving Policy Violation Reports NATIONWIDE — In response to reports that Facebook knowingly allowed the group Kenosha Guard to use the social media platform to encourage an armed response to protests in Kenosha, WI spurred […]

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Color Of Change Condemns Targeting of Protesters by Tampa Bay Police Department, Demands All Charges Be Dropped In Friday Arrests 

For Immediate Release August 23, 2020   Color Of Change Condemns Targeting of Protesters by Tampa Bay Police Department, Demands All Charges Be Dropped In Friday Arrests  Statement from Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns, Color Of Change:     “In Tampa Bay on Friday, law enforcement continued to escalate their outrageous campaign […]

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