Civil Rights Group Responds to Mass Shooting in Charleston Church
ColorOfChange.org Supports the Department’s Civil Rights Division, the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office Hate Crime Investigation
ColorOfChange.org Supports the Department’s Civil Rights Division, the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office Hate Crime Investigation
For Immediate Release: June 11, 2015 Contact: Michele Setteducato, 732-614-3818, michele@fitzgibbonmedia.com Net Neutrality Begins Today: Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org released the following statement: “Yesterday’s decision by the D.C. Circuit Court not to delay the FCC’s net neutrality rules from taking effect today marks a historic victory for Black communities. Net neutrality is essential […]
ColorOfChange.org Urges District Attorney George Willis to File Criminal Charges Against Officer Casebolt
For Immediate Release: June 9, 2015 Contact: Madison Donzis, madison@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 210.488.6220 Civil Rights Group Responds to Superintendent Jay Foster Dropping Charges Against Family at MS High School Graduation After receiving pressure from thousands nationwide, Tate County School Superintendent Jay Foster has dropped the disturbing the peace charges he filed against Black family members for cheering […]
ColorOfChange calls for Officer Eric Casebolt to be Immediately Fired and Charged with Assault and Battery and for the Department of Justice to Investigate McKinney Police Department
For Immediate Release: June 5th, 2015 Contact: Kayla Keller, kayla@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 281-682-6212 Civil Rights Group Demands Charges be Dropped for Mississippi Family Facing Jail Time for Cheering at Daughter’s Graduation New York, NY – A Black family in Tate County, MS is currently facing jail time and hefty fines for cheering for their child at graduation. […]
Statement in Support of National Day of Action to Demand Justice for Black Women & Girls Arisha Hatch, Managing Director of Campaigns, issued the following statement: “The exclusion of Black women, girls and Trans people from growing conversations about discriminatory policing is highlighted by the very fact that a national day of action is needed […]
For Immediate Release: May 21, 2015 Contact: Michele Setteducato, 732-614-3818, michele@fitzgibbonmedia.com Statement from Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org: “We strongly applaud the Baltimore grand jury’s recent indictment of all six officers who brutally killed Freddie Gray. Unfortunately, these indictments are all too rare and discriminatory police who harm Black folks are almost never held […]
ColorOfChange.org Calls for Comprehensive Database on Police Use of Force
Petition Also Calls for Charges Against Protesters to be Dropped
Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org issued the following statement in response to leaked police documents claiming Gray was “trying to injure himself”: rn “More than two weeks since Freddie Gray was brutally killed and no police officer has been fired, suspended, or arrested. Instead of moving forward an open trustworthy investigation with integrity, local […]
Demands immediate firing, arrest and full prosecution of all officers responsible for Freddie Gray killing