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Rashad Robinson on Jussie Smollett: This attack is personal

Color Of Change For Immediate Release: January 22,2019 Media Contact: Oliver Jones, oliver.jones@berlinrosen.com, (646) 746-4325 Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement after the targeted attack on activist and ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett Color Of Change President, Rashad Robinson We stand with Jussie Smollett, […]

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Changing Our Narrative about Narrative: The Infrastructure Required for Building Narrative Power

Published in Nonprofit Quarterly By RASHAD ROBINSON | January 30, 2019 This article is part of NPQ’s cluster about the power of narrative in social change work. (Other articles in this series can be found at the end.) This particular article was originally published by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley, on April 18, […]

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State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s Just Move On Marijuana Convictions Shows Why Good Prosecutors Matter

STATEMENT BY RASHAD ROBINSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice group, issued the following statement in response to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s announcement that her office will help expunge misdemeanor marijuana convictions. “Across the country and in Cook County, Black people are mobilized […]

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RCA/SONY Ends Relationship With R. Kelly, Two Days After #MuteRKelly Brings Protest to Sony’s HQ

For Immediate Release: January 18, 2019 Media Contact: Kwame Belle kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com | Michelle Morris michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com   RCA’s Move is a Victory for R. Kelly’s Survivors and Black Women NEW YORK — Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement following reports that Sony’s RCA would part ways with R. […]

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Bill Haslam Announced Cyntoia Brown to Receive Full Clemency Before End of His Term

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chelsea Fuller, Chelsea@teamblackbird.org, Troy Blackwell Troy.Blackwell@berlinrosen.com NASHVILLE, T.N. —After more than 14 years, Brown, who was incarcerated for fatally shooting a man who bought her for sex, assaulted and abused her when she was 16 years old, will be returning home before the end of the year. Haslam’s decision came after weeks […]

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Color Of Change and Allies Launch Campaign Demanding Tennessee Governor Haslam Grant Clemency to Cyntoia Brown

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Troy Blackwell, troy.blackwell@berlinrosen.com; 646-828-0844 New York, NY – Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, in coordination with BLM-Nashville, #MeToo Movement and the Highlander Center launched freecyntoiabrown.org to kick off their National Days of Action to bring Cyntoia Brown home for the holidays and demand Governor Haslam to […]

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Color Of Change Weighs in on Yet Another Facebook Breach of Public Trust

For Immediate Release: December 19, 2018 Media Contact: Michelle Morris, michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com, 646.200.5307 Kwame Belle, kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com, 646.517.6796   NEW YORK — In response to New York Times’ story exposing Facebook’s failure to protect users’ privacy, Color Of Change issued the following comment. Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson: The latest development on Facebook allowing third parties […]

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Color Of Change Responds to Facebook’s Civil Rights Update: Do Better

Color Of Change For Immediate Release: December 18, 2018 Media Contact: Michelle Morris, michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com, 646.200.5307 | Kwame Belle, kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com, 646.517.6796   We’re pleased Facebook met their commitment to Color Of Change and published an update before the end of the year. We thank Laura Murphy for her work and know she can be even more […]

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VIDEO: Rashad Robinson Accepts the North Star Award

Rashad speaks at the North Star Fund Awards about how to capitalize on this moment of political agitation following the election. He underscores the necessity of supporting Black-led interventions to accelerate social change and letting Black people truly take the lead in strategy and power in the movement for racial justice. Full video here.

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VIDEO: Rashad’s Keynote Speech at the Personal Democracy Forum

Rashad passionately asks, “Are We Going to Get This Right?” as he speaks about building a real resistance in response to the 2016 elections. He talks about mistaking presence for power, the danger he saw in Trump’s racist attacks on President Obama, and how to build a true movement for change. Full speech here.

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VIDEO: Why Accurate Coverage of Crime Matters

Rashad Robinson speaks on how our media presents a distorted view of crime, grossly out of sync with the actual stats, that makes people think Black people are to be feared. Presented by Media Matters and Color Of Change in March 2015. Full video here.

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Color Of Change Comments on Officer Amber Guyger Indicted for Murdering Botham Jean: Still More Work to do Around Police Accountability

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 30, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Troy Blackwell, 646.828.0844, Troy.Blackwell@berlinrosen.com New York, NY – Today, Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement in response to the Dallas Grand Jury indictment of Amber Guyger, the police officer who killed Botham Jean, with murder charges. Scott Roberts, Senior Campaign Director […]

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