[BET\“Smoke: Marijuana + Black America”]
Narrated and executive produced by multi-platinum rapper and entrepreneur, Nasir “Nas” Jones, the two-hour special examines marijuana’s cultural, social, economic and legal impact on American society and the Black community.
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Senator Cory Booker
BET Presents Groundbreaking Documentary “Smoke: Marijuana + Black America” in November
Pressley Applauds House Passage of Bill to Combat Maternal Mortality
[Black Maternal Mortality Crisis]
Rep. Pressley: “Our nation’s maternal mortality crisis has robbed us of Black mothers at nearly four times the rate of white mothers. The maternal mortality crisis is a racial justice issue and must be treated as the urgent epidemic that it is.”
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Chirlane McCray Joins CMOM at Home’s Digital “Storytime Saturday
[Children’s Museum of Manhattan\Chirlane McCray]
Children’s Museum of Manhattan Announces Fall Roster for Storytime Saturday, including NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray this Saturday, August 29.
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NEW JERSEY SENATOR BOOKER ENDS 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[2020 Elections\Sen. Cory Booker]
Sen. Booker: It was a difficult decision to make, but I got in this race to win, and I’ve always said I wouldn’t continue if there was no longer a path to victory. Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win — money we don’t have, and money that is harder to raise because I won’t be on the next debate stage.”
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FORMER HUD SECRETARY CASTRO ENDS 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[2020 Elections\Secretary Julian Castro]
Secretary Castro: “Today it’s with a heavy heart, and profound gratitude, that I will suspend my campaign for president. I’m not done fighting. I’ll keep working towards a nation where everyone counts, a nation where everyone can get a good job, good health care and a decent place to live.”
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NAACP AND BLACK LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8
[Politics\Environmental Racism]
NBCSL President Gilda Cobb-Hunter: “Candidates who want to earn the votes of communities impacted by environmental justice should step up, hear our concerns and explain their plans for a cleaner, healthier future for all. This forum provides a rare opportunity for the candidates to show us where they stand on clean water, clean air and so many of the important issues that people living on the front lines of environmental degradation face.”
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NEW JERSEY LAWMAKERS OPPOSE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSAL RESTRICTING SNAP BENEFITS FOR POOR FAMILIES
[New Jersey News]
“According to recent data, roughly one million New Jerseyans experience food insecurity and nearly 700,000 New Jerseyans received SNAP benefits so far this year. Of those, over 300,000 were children. If this rule were to be enacted, some of those children would be at risk of losing their eligibility for free school meals.”
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SENATOR CORY BOOKER RELEASES CLIMATE CHANGE BILL WITH NEW DEAL AS BLUEPRINT
[Climate Change]
Senator Cory Booker: “In FDR’s New Deal, the federal government planted billions of trees, provided conservation incentives to family farmers and ranchers, created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and electrified rural America. In order to address the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change, all of these approaches should be part of our broader strategy.”
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