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Happy New Year, John.
We’re only a few days into a new year, and the news cycle is dominated by
reports of Trump’s impeachment and an impending war. But we must remain
vigilant and focused on the issues affecting our people and communities.
It’s a new decade, a fresh start, and another opportunity for us to build
on the foundation for Black liberation. [ [link removed] ]Will you start your new year
with a $5 donation to support our continued fight? If you can’t decide
now, please keep reading.
Last year exposed some of the most toxic and harmful ways that
institutions and corporations attempted to target, surveil, silence,
oppress, and marginalize us:
* Documents revealed an ongoing FBI program code-named "Iron Fist,"
designed to infiltrate and surveil Black anti-police-violence
movements, while ignoring the active threats of white nationalist.^1
* Our basic human rights, security, and privacy were threatened by the
unregulated use of facial recognition technology, resulting in
anti-Black policing.^2
* Comcast petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge one of the oldest
and most important civil rights laws in the country: the Civil Rights
Act of 1866.^3
* Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post attacked a program designed to create
awareness of cultural biases and dismantle the culture of white
supremacy in NYC schools.^4
These are only a few examples of why we must start the new year with a
renewed commitment to fight systems of oppression on all fronts:
government, technology, media, culture, and education. [ [link removed] ]Will you donate
$5 to support this urgent work? If you still can’t decide,
John, continue reading to learn how we plan to create our
vision of the future.
Thanks to your support we had major wins last year that changed many of
the written and unwritten rules of our society, but we still have so much
to do. This year we plan to:
* Call on members of the US House of Representatives to use every tool
at their disposal to demand the FBI completely discontinue their use
of the “Black Identity Extremist” designation and dismantle the "Iron
Fist" program.
* Pressure New York City legislators to enforce oversight and
regulations on the use of facial recognition technology, and support
the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, which
requires the NYPD to disclose how it utilizes electronic surveillance
tools.^5
* Continue to pressure Comcast board members and executives to rescind
their challenge of bedrock Civil Rights laws.
* Demand a better and more diverse curriculum for public school
children.
Thank you John, for reading this far. It’s members like you who
take the time to act and support our work that allows us to continue
fighting to change the written and unwritten rules of society.
[ [link removed] ]Start the new year with a $5 donation and support this urgent work so
we can move closer to realizing the justice we all deserve.
Until justice is real,
--Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Evan, Johnny, Jade, Future, Eesha, Samantha,
Marcus, FolaSade, Jenette, Cierra and the rest of the Color Of Change team
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References:
1. “Leaked Documents Show FBI Targeted Post-Ferguson ‘Black Identity
Extremists’ Over White Supremacists,” Salon, August 14, 2019,
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2. “Facial Recognition Software Prompts Privacy, Racism Concerns in
Cities and States,” Pew Charitable Trusts, August 9, 2019,
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3. “Exclusive: Comcast & Trump Dismantling Civil Rights Over $20 Billion
Entertainment Studios Lawsuit,” Forbes, August 23, 2019,
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4. “Richard Carranza held ‘white-supremacy culture’ training for school
admins,” New York Post, May 20, 2019,
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5. “Black, Latino/a and Asian Caucus Endorses 'POST Act' NYPD
Surveillance Oversight Bill,” BLA Press Release, November 28, 2018,
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