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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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Facebook Agrees For First Time To Publicly Release Progress of Civil Rights Audit

Color Of Change For Immediate Release: November 30, 2018 Media Contact: Kwame Belle, kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com | Michelle Morris, michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com   Color Of Change Secures Key Concessions At Meeting with Sheryl Sandberg, Though Company Refuses to Turn Over Details of Definers Attacks on the Organization PALO ALTO – After years of delay in implementing changes that address […]

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Color Of Change: In Aftermath of Proud Boys’ Violent Attacks, Eventbrite Must Uphold Its Post-Charlottesville Promise To Keep White Supremacists Off Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Michelle Morris, 646.200.5307 Decision to Allow Ticket Sales for Proud Boys Event A Violation of Commitment Made to Color Of Change and Civil Rights Organizations NEW YORK — Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement in response to Eventbrite’s failure […]

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Jason Van Dyke Found Guilty Of Murdering Laquan McDonald; Still More Work To Do Around Police Accountability

For Immediate Release MEDIA CONTACT: Kwame Belle; kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com ; 347.869.9707   Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement in response to the guilty conviction of Jason Van Dyke in the murder of Laquan McDonald.   Scott Roberts, Senior Campaign Director at Color Of Change: “The conviction of Officer […]

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