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[Homelessness\California]
San José Mayor Sam Liccardo: “We must treat homelessness like the crisis it is.” There are over 151,000 Californians experiencing homelessness on any given night. Homelessness in California has increased by over 16% between 2018 and 2019.
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[2020 Census\African-Americans]
Urban League’ Morial: If Black people are undercounted by 1.7 million, as many forecasts predict, it will cost states 3.4 billion dollars a year…I can’t overstate how important it is for Black Americans to participate in the Census.”
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[Congressional Report on Wells Fargo Abuses]
This report is a result of a one-year Committee investigation into Wells Fargo’s compliance with five regulatory orders issued in response to the company’s widespread consumer abuses.
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[Trump’s Border Wall]
For the second consecutive year, the Trump Administration has circumvented the will of Congress by redirecting billions of dollars appropriated for the procurement of equipment by state National Guard units in order to build a wall.
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[Reducing Child Poverty]
A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty: Studies estimate that child poverty costs the nation roughly between $800 billion and $1.1 trillion annually in terms of lost adult productivity, the increased costs of crime, and increased health expenditures.
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[St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner\Criminal Justice Reform]
MCBA: “MCBA has observed that because of her efforts to transform the criminal justice system and restore community trust and accountability, Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has suffered unprecedented attacks.”
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[Women’s History Month\ “Valiant Women of the Vote”]
Breanna Zwart: “The strong leadership of Mayor London Breed, the first African American woman Mayor of San Francisco, demonstrates the importance of women’s full participation in our democracy.”
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[Future Hope Column\Burglar for Peace Book Excerpt]
Glick: “Government repression can have a disruptive impact on our work, for sure, but we can also turn a negative into a positive…We can creatively, intelligently and fearlessly expose the truth.”
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[William T. Coleman, Jr.\ H.R. 5937]
Coleman was the second African American ever to serve in the U.S. Cabinet. He was appointed by President Gerald Ford as secretary of transportation, serving from 1975 to 1977.
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[Homeless Veterans\H.R. 3749]
A 2015 Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups Survey (Project CHALENG Survey) shows that legal assistance accounted for four of the top ten unmet needs for both male and female veterans.
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