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Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org on Taking Down of Confederate Flag from South Carolina Statehouse

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2015 Contacts: Michele Setteducato, michele@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 732-614-3818 Columbia, SC — Today, concerned citizens took down the confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse. Bree, an educator from North Carolina, scaled the pole to take down the flag. Bree was read her Miranda rights as she came down and was immediately taken into custody. Rashad […]

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Net Neutrality Begins Today: Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org released the following statement:

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 […]

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Civil Rights Group Responds to Superintendent Jay Foster Dropping Charges Against Family at MS High School Graduation

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 […]

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Civil Rights Group Demands Charges be Dropped for Mississippi Family Facing Jail Time for Cheering at Daughter’s Graduation

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. […]

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Civil Rights Group Responds to the Indictment of Six Baltimore Police Officers in the Death of Freddie Gray

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 […]

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Civil Rights Group Responds to Latest Leak of Freddie Gray Investigation

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 […]

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