For immediate release: May 16, 2020 NATIONWIDE — Following the passage of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) by the House of Representatives, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson issued the following statement: “Because of the sustained pressure put on Congress by Color Of Change members and our partners in the […]
For immediate release: May 14, 2020 Color Of Change: HEROES Act Provides Critical Relief For Black People, Structural Changes Still Required NATIONWIDE — As the House of Representatives considers the passage of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES), Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson issued the following statement: “The HEROES Act is a […]
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In USA Today, Representative Ayanna Presley and Color Of Change President Rashad Robison write how crises always create political change. COVID-19 is showing us the need to let go of deep, destructive divisions in society around race and class and build an America that works for us all. Read the full article at https://bit.ly/2Y8cNpp.
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In his latest column for the Guardian, Rashad Robinson explains how the failed and corrupt response to COVID-19 is killing Black businesses, Black jobs, Black votes and Black people – more than other communities. That’s why The Black Response and other avenues for racial justice activism are critical now. Read the full piece at https://bit.ly/3e7ET9O.
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Read Rashid Robinson’s latest column in BET on how we must not only applaud essential workers, but make corporations protect them. See the full post at https://bet.us/2Ccg8v3.
For Immediate Release: Wednesday April 29, 2020 The following statement can be attributed to Brandi Collins-Dexter, Senior Campaign Director at Color Of Change the largest online racial justice organization in the country. “Today the NCAA Board of Governors approved a policy today that will finally allow athletes to make money from their own likeness and promotions. This change in […]
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Despite incompetent responses by the government in fighting COVID-19, leaders continue to shift the blame to, you guessed it, Black people. One of the deepest habits in US politics is blaming Black people — rather than address how decades of structural racism, political exploitation, and economic exclusion have created the perfect storm devastating our communities. Read the article at https://bit.ly/3e8U1nB.
Contact: Justin Henry (908) 448-8397 jhenry@fenton.com JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATES LAUNCH #CLEMENCYWORKS CAMPAIGN URGING U.S. GOVERNORS TO FREE INCARCERATED PEOPLE AMID COVID-19 OUTBREAK Today, the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Color Of Change announced the launch of #ClemencyWorks, a campaign to free incarcerated people in the midst of the […]
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Color Of Change For Immediate Release: April 10, 2020 Media Contact: Michelle Morris, michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com, 408.215.8405 Color Of Change leads sign-on letter from group of Zoom’s clients, calling on company to hire Chief Diversity Officer, among other demands Meeting will address a petition started by Color Of Change member Dr. Dennis Johnson to address the remote conferencing company’s failure to protect […]
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Rashad writes in LA Progressive about how COVID-19 is Trump’s Katrina. The pandemic has reached epic proportions in the US because of a lack of corporate and government accountability. Decades of growing inequality that mean Black lives and communities are unnecessarily put at even higher risk. Read the full article at https://bit.ly/2YGqISF.
Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, issued the following statement in response to the New York legislature’s budget vote, which drastically weakens New York’s bail reform law: “For thousands of legally innocent New Yorkers who will be condemned to jails, today’s budget vote is a death sentence. In the midst of a global health […]
For Immediate Release March 16, 2020 Contact: Justin Henry jhenry@fenton.com (212) 897-2083 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGS ISSUE COVID-19 DEMANDS, ACTION PLAN TO PROTECT 2.3 MILLION INCARCERATED PEOPLE More Than 50 National and Local Reform Groups Call on Authorities to Deploy Just, Humane Response in Likely Event of Outbreak in U.S. Jails and Prisons […]