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John,

At Color Of Change, we often talk about how district attorneys, while
incredibly powerful actors in the criminal justice system, are also
relatively obscure, flying under the radar and operating away from public
scrutiny. 

That’s why we launched one of our biggest research projects Winning
Justice, a first of its kind directory of each prosecutor in all 2,400+
counties across the country. Winning Justice brings greater visibility to
the power of the DA’s office by featuring critical information about every
prosecutor including their political party, race, gender, how long they’ve
been in office, and where they stand on our 6 demands.^1 

While this information has enormous potential for our organizing work, it
also poses an enormous task in keeping it up to date. 

To meet that need, Color Of Change is hosting our first ever Sip & Search
event this month in Washington, DC!^2 We’ll be sharing some background on
our prosecutor work and then delivering a free training on super effective
research skills that our members can use to learn about their elected
officials. For the rest of the evening, we will work together to start
uncovering information about local prosecutors that will be featured on
Winning Justice. 

Our Sip & Search will give our members the tools they need to learn about
their elected prosecutors, while also keeping Winning Justice up to date
and accurate. These events are such an exciting opportunity to meet this
crucial need while also sharing research skills with our amazing members--
but to execute events like this, we need your support.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $4 to help fund our research trainings?

Prosecutor races occur every 4 years but they are not held uniformly
across the country. Last year, over 1,000 counties in 25 states held
prosecutor races and this year, counties in another 5 states held their
own. That means that every year there are results from both primary and
general elections and a new batch of candidates that must be reflected on
Winning Justice so that it remains accurate. 

Without research on what elections are occurring each year, Winning
Justice can quickly fall into disrepair and hold information that’s out of
date. That makes the website not just ineffective but potentially harmful
for organizers that rely on its information to hold their prosecutors
accountable. 

These trainings present an opportunity to build out a squad of researchers
to join us in maintaining this site— and that starts with our first Sip &
Search this month and the 4 we hope to host throughout 2020.

[ [link removed] ]$4 would go a long way to funding the creation of our research
materials, securing venue spaces, and helping us train our members in how
to uncover the truth about our local prosecutors. Will you help us?

Opportunities like this are new ways that Color Of Change is bringing
together our members and sharing the tools needed for them to build power
alongside one another and us. Making sure these events can remain free and
as robust as possible is a huge part of how you too, can be a part of this
movement to shine a light on these powerful actors in the criminal justice
system and hold them accountable.

[ [link removed] ]John, will you help support us in training a new squad of
researchers?

Until Justice is Real,

-- Erika, Rashad, Arisha, Scott, Tamar, Clarise, Madison, Leonard, Marena,
Marybeth, and the rest of the Color Of Change team

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 References:

 1. "Our 6
Demands," WinningJustice.org, [link removed]
 2. "Color Of Change Invited You to Sip &
Search," [link removed]

 


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