It’s a new month! Here at Advancement Project National Office we are continuing to lift up our partners, thanking our supporters for pushing the movement forward, and keeping up the momentum in October. Check out the events we have planned for this month below:
TODAY, October 1 at 6 p.m. ET: Join Advancement Project National Office’s Executive Director, Judith Browne Dianis, for an Instagram Live conversation with Building Movement Project. We will be discussing the racial justice movement, and the urgency to address and end anti-Black racism. Watch here.
Join us October 7 at 1 p.m. ET for our Young Voters of Color Polling Briefing. We will release new polling data around the issues motivating Black and Brown voters to vote this year! Register here.
Advancement Project National Office is partnering with Puente Human Rights Movement and Mijente to host Who's Incarcerating Us in Maricopa County?, a webinar on the role of sheriffs and county attorneys in Arizona’s carceral state. Register here to join us on Wednesday, October 14 at 9 p.m. ET.
You can also check out and share our infographic explaining the role of sheriffs and how YOU can make a difference in voting in more progressive leaders that get us closer to a more #FreeAndSafe society for people of color.
Our partner East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Coalition is hosting a Caravan for Justice on Saturday, October 17 at 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT, in support of the people locked inside East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Watch live here.
Last month was quite eventful for us. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of all that took place in September:
We talked to Oprah about how to #OWNYourVote!
 
Advancement Project National Office Executive Director Judith Browne Dianis participated in a conversation with Oprah Winfrey and other leaders in the fight for voting rights, including Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Stacey Abrams (Fair Fight), Minyon Moore (Power Rising), and Tiffany Dena Loftin (NAACP Youth).
The panel discussion highlighted barriers to voting, what you should know about this election, and how you can fight voter suppression in your own community. Watch here.
ICYMI: Explore our new vote-by-mail resources for Black and Brown communities.
We also released a statement in response to the Grand Jury’s verdict in Breonna Taylor’s murder. Following the infuriating and unsurprising announcement, we participated in an emergency panel with Black Lives Matter-Louisville calling on Louisville officials to take immediate action. Our Justice Project Staff Attorney, Ashley Carter, demanded the following:
1. Immediately fire and revoke the pensions of all officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor
2. Divest from Louisville Police Department and invest in Black and Brown communities
Sign our petition to #DefundPolice here.
Because Election Day is right around the corner, we hosted a Rights Restoration Convening on September 17 to rally our partners around the voting rights work needed in this moment.
Check out our Rights Restoration toolkit here.
Finally, we responded to the first 2020 presidential debate on September 30.
On the topic of national protests resulting from the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others, Advancement Project National Office released the following statement.
“Conflating the movement for racial justice with violence with violence is inaccurate—but more importantly, it reveals a complete failure to engage with the actual demands and actions of Black and Brown organizers and the communities they are uplifting,” said Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of Advancement Project National Office.
Protest is a fundamental right. It's #NotUpForDebate.
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