[Facebook\WhiteSupremacy]
NAACP: “Mark Zuckerberg, you aren’t breaking things, you are breaking people. With a stroke of a pen, you could make Facebook better for your users, your advertisers, and society.”
Photo: YouTube
Color of Change
AFT Passes Resolution To Fight Systemic Racism in Schools
[AFT\Black Lives Matter]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “We must also do all we can to create safe and welcoming environments. That requires us to rethink school security starting with separating police forces from schools.”
Photo: YouTube
Fundraising Organization “Broadway Cares” Announces $125,000 in Grants for Social Justice Causes
[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other organizations on the front lines of the social justice and anti-racism movement.
Photo: Broadway Cares
GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER: 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS
[George Floyd\Oakland Institute]
Oakland Institute: “Today millions of Americans are rising up, collectively expressing outrage, and demanding an end to racism and violence against Black and Brown communities.”
Photo: YouTube
WHY IS CUOMO TRYING TO ROLLBACK BAIL REFORM?
[No Bail Reform Rollbacks\COVID-19]
Governor Andrew Cuomo is focusing on using the state’s budget process to undermine bail reform. Proposals to walk back bail reform include allowing discretion for judges to decide an individual’s freedom based on their perceived dangerousness.
Photo: YouTube
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN LEE WELCOMES OPENING OF 2019 CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
[Congressional Black Caucus News]
California Congresswoman Lee: “This year’s Annual Legislative Conference takes on special meaning as we mark the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans arriving on our shores. I’m excited to gather with my colleagues from around the country to address the most pressing issues in the African American community – ranging from the legacy of the failed War on Drugs to health disparities facing our friends and families.”
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AS “UNITE THE RIGHT ANNIVERSARY” APPROACHES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE COALITION DEMANDS TWITTER BAN WHITE SUPREMACISTS
[Racism News]
Change of Terms Coalition will hold press conference on Aug. 7 to talk about “how online hate turns into offline violence, and how Twitter’s failure to remove purveyors of hate in the two years since the Unite the Right attacks serve to allow white supremacists to organize, fundraise, recruit and normalize attacks on diverse communities and threaten all users.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Coalition Of Activists Demand “Justice for Chanel” Lewis Who Was Railroaded By Racist Legal System
[New York News]
Activists rally in support of the wrongfully convicted Chanel Lewis…
Photo: Colin Benjamin
