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  Protect our Right to Protest, Color of Change · [email protected]
August 27, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Fwd: People stood up for Black lives in historic numbers last year. Now they’re trying to silence us.

EOY email Last call to support our campaigns to protect your right to protest racial injustice and show up for Black lives! Hi John,   You may have already received an email like this from Color Of Change, but that's because we don't want you to miss it.   As someone invest…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike · [email protected]
August 25, 2021 at 6:09 PM

Fencing in the Park is teaching Black children fencing for free.

EOY email Black children are learning the sport of fencing for free in New York City parks this summer! Help keep this effort going. Dear John, At the height of the pandemic, Nzingha Prescod created Fencing in the Park as a response to the lack of outlets for children. The t…
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  Black August Action, Color Of Change · [email protected]
August 24, 2021 at 9:06 PM

Black children should see themselves reflected in the books they read.

EOY email Black authors. Black protagonists. Black experiences. Dear John, It’s Black August: the annual commemoration of the Black revolutionaries and freedom fighters who risked life and limb to advance the Black liberation movement.1 It’s a time to remember the rich legac…
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  Protect our Right to Protest, Color of Change · [email protected]
August 14, 2021 at 1:00 PM

People stood up for Black lives in historic numbers last year. Now they’re trying to silence us.

EOY email We need your help to protect our right to protest racial injustice! John, become a Color Of Change supporter & protect your right to protest racial injustice. John This month marks 58 years since hundreds of thousands of Americans marched on Washington to d…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
August 13, 2021 at 9:12 PM

We keep each other safe by fighting to end gun violence!

  We’re committed to creating a less hostile world for Black people. John, This is urgent. We’re on the cusp of a historic $5B investment to stop our country’s most deadly epidemic— gun violence.1 In large part because of the mobilization and self-determination of Black and Indigenous com…
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  Amity Paye · [email protected]
August 7, 2021 at 1:00 PM

The four essential elements of our partnership with the Grammys are finally here

EOY email Sustain the #ChangeMusic team to ensure that equity is always considered. It’s official John, The Recording Academy just announced that the 64th annual GRAMMY Awards in 2022 will use an Inclusion Rider designed to ensure equity and inclusion at every level of produ…
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  Support Black Athletes · [email protected]
July 30, 2021 at 4:46 PM

The Olympic Committee keeps finding ways to punish Black athletes.

Athletes who protest at the Olympics are facing harsh punishments and an unethical appeals process. But we must continue to support them. John,  As the 2020 Olympic Games begin, the organization responsible for creating and upholding the rules for Olympic athletes, the International Olympic Comm…
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  Scott Roberts, Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 28, 2021 at 6:17 PM

You're Invited: RSVP to tonight's Communities Keep Communities Safe Summer Series

Immigration is a criminal justice issue. Learn from those leading the fight. John, Tonight is the final conversation in Color Of Change’s Communities Keep Communities Safe series where we’ve learned from groups working to redefine public safety across the country. Join us at 7pm ET TONIGHT where…
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  The Criminal Justice Team · [email protected]
July 27, 2021 at 10:00 PM

Help us hold Police Unions accountable for the harm they do to Black people.

  John, we need your help to power campaigns to end prison labor in the U.S. John, become a Color Of Change supporter and power our campaigns against the racist police system. Chip In To Hold Police Unions Accountable John,  Police Unions endanger the well-being of Black people and com…
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  Student Debt Crisis, Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 23, 2021 at 6:46 PM

Tell U.S. Congress members: “Your re-election depends on your support for student debt elimination.”

EOY email $1.7 Trillion. 45M Americans. 70 Days. Hi John,  September 30, 2021. The date on which millions of Black and low-income borrowers will be pushed into financial ruin because neither the Biden administration nor U.S. Congress members put our needs first. The student …
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
July 22, 2021 at 2:29 PM

Biden just decided to send thousands of elders back to prison

Biden told us he would be the President to end mass incarceration. Instead he’s sending thousands of our elders back to prison.   John, Biden told us he would be the President to end mass incarceration. Instead, he’s sending thousands of our elders back to prison. These are mothers, fathers, grand…
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  Scott Roberts, Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 20, 2021 at 8:04 PM

TOMORROW: Hear from the women leading the fight to reframe public safety

Black women are leading the fight for justice. Hear their stories. John, Earlier this summer, Rep. Cori Bush introduced the People’s Response Act, a bill that adopts a new approach to public safety that will save lives, and build systems of care that are rooted in improving the well-being of all …
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  Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 19, 2021 at 9:07 PM

Thank you for supporting Color of Change. Here's what you can do to protect our democracy.

We need your help to protect the right to vote I will Donate $10 to defeat racist voter suppression John, Did you see the news about voter suppression last week? Texas Governor Greg Abbott tried to force his state legislature to pass a voter suppression bill that takes aim at many of the systems…
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  Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 17, 2021 at 4:45 PM

Republicans are trying to take away our right to vote

We need your help to protect the right to vote I will Donate $15 to defeat racist voter suppression John, Have you seen the news about voter suppression this week? Texas Governor Greg Abbott tried to force his state legislature to pass a voter suppression bill that takes aim at many of the syste…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 15, 2021 at 3:18 PM

ACTION NEEDED: Facebook is still endangering Black users

Facebook has not done enough to protect our democracy and the wellbeing of Black people and needs to act on the civil rights audit recommendations immediately. Dear John,  One year ago, in response to Facebook doubling down on their refusal to remove calls to violence against Black protestors, we…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
July 13, 2021 at 3:04 PM

UPDATE: Gwen Levi is home! But there are still 4000+ elders like her who need our help

Gwen Levi is home! But 4000+ elders on home confinement still need our help.   John, our advocacy helped bring Gwen Levi home! In just 4 days, almost 50k Color of Change members signed a petition calling for the release of Ms. Levi, a 76-year old cancer survivor, grandmother, mother, and Black wo…
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  Jade Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
July 12, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Stand with Sha'Carri and Brianna!

Black women athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson and Brianna Rollins-McNeal deserve support not punishment. John, Sha’Carri Richardson and Brianna Rollins-McNeal should both be going to the Tokyo Olympics. But the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has used its archaic and destructive “War on …
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  Support Black Athletes · [email protected]
July 7, 2021 at 3:21 PM

LAST CHANCE to secure your own Activist Athlete shirt

Receive a free Activist Athlete shirt by making a $30 donation to help Color Of Change support Black athletes fighting for racial justice. “If it wasn’t for Color Of Change, I probably would not be in this sport,” said Gwen Berry, a Black woman athlete, Olympian, record-holder in hammer-throwing,…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
July 1, 2021 at 9:15 PM

ACTION NEEDED: A 76-year-old Black woman and cancer survivor was sent back to federal prison for taking a computer class

Add your name to the call for justice and demand President Biden grant clemency for Gwen Levi and protect 4,500 others just like her who are at risk of being sent back to prison.   Dear John,  After spending 16 years incarcerated in federal prisons, Gwen Levi was finally home. Released to home c…
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  Support Black Athletes · [email protected]
June 30, 2021 at 5:35 PM

Join Color Of Change for the Tokyo Olympics in your own Activist Athlete shirt

Receive a free Activist Athlete shirt by making a $50 donation to help Color Of Change support Black athletes fighting for racial justice. With the Tokyo Olympics just weeks away, show your support for Black athletes like Gwen Berry. Make a $50 donation and Color Of Change will send you your own A…
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  Erika Maye, Color Of Change · [email protected]
June 25, 2021 at 9:57 PM

Imagine facing prison time because of a stillbirth

Many Black child-bearers face this risk. Join us in fighting back.   I support reproductive freedom   Dear John,  Pregnancy, birth, and parenting are some of the most dangerous life decisions Black people must make in this country. In 2019, Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old Black mother was shot …
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
June 23, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Thousands of people were released from prison during COVID-19. Now they want to send them back.

We need your support to keep people home and out of prison.   chip in $5 to keep people home and out of prison John, thousands of people who were released from prison to home confinement during the pandemic, and have been reconnecting with their families and friends, are now at threat of being re…
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  #ReparationsNow, Color Of Change · [email protected]
June 22, 2021 at 6:19 PM

We need reparations! Call your Congress member now!

Tell your Congress member to cosponsor H.R. 40! Dear John,  Black people don’t need another symbolic victory without substantive change. Last week, 156 years since the end of chattel slavery in the US, Congress passed bills that establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday. While acknowledging Americ…
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  Juneteenth Action, Color Of Change · [email protected]
June 18, 2021 at 6:38 PM

America still has a slavery problem, John.

EOY email White allies: If you do one thing on Juneteenth, take action for Black liberation.   John, become a Color Of Change supporter this Juneteenth » CHIP IN TO POWER THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LIBERATION John,  On Juneteenth, we celebrate the end of slavery — and keep fig…
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  Color Of Change · [email protected]
June 17, 2021 at 5:02 PM

Republicans are trying to take away our right to vote

We need your help to protect the right to vote   John, If you’re reading this, your voting rights are probably under attack. Since the 2020 election, Republican lawmakers in 48 states have introduced voter suppression laws, which have already passed in more than a dozen states. Color of Change i…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
June 16, 2021 at 3:57 PM

ACTION NEEDED: 4,500 people are at risk of being sent back to prison

Join us in demanding we keep people home with their families, not locked up in cages.       Sign the petition  John, thousands of people who were released from prison during the pandemic, and have been safely reconnecting with their families and friends, are now at threat of being re-incarc…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
June 11, 2021 at 8:04 PM

What does community safety mean to you?

EOY email We’re committed to creating a less hostile world for Black people. YES, I WILL POWER THE MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE! John,  Today, more people than ever are contemplating what it means to reimagine public safety. Since the racial uprisings last year, millions of people, and corporati…
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  Support Black Athletes · [email protected]
June 9, 2021 at 5:30 PM

Why Black athletes are crucial to the fight for racial justice.

Help us empower athletes to fight for racial justice, even in the face of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) punishment and threats. Dear John,  When Olympic-level track and field athlete, Gwen Berry, raised her fist on the awards podium two years ago to protest racial injustice, she was …
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  Reclaiming Our Power, Color Of Change · [email protected]
June 4, 2021 at 1:30 PM

re: Anti-protest bills

EOY email GOP lawmakers are attacking our right to demand justice because they know that when we come together and raise our voices, we win.   CHIP IN $5 TO FIGHT BACK John, you can learn a lot about someone based on what they fight for. Just look at last summe…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
June 2, 2021 at 9:44 PM

Is there a Black-owned business in your area that deserves a shoutout?

Submit your favorite Black business to our Black Business Green Book and we'll make sure to highlight it in time for the holiday season. Dear John, Do you know a Black business owner who could use a shout-out? Add them to our Black Business Green Book! Fueled by Color Of Change members like you, our…
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  Scott Roberts, Color Of Change · [email protected]
May 28, 2021 at 7:23 PM

$16 for a phone call.

Incarcerated people and their loved ones deserve to stay connected. Period.   ADD YOUR NAME NOW!   Dear John,  Incarcerated people and their loved ones deserve to stay connected. Period.  While tens of millions are getting vaccinated and re-connecting with loved ones after spending so much time a…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change PAC · [email protected]
May 19, 2021 at 4:40 PM

Tell corporations to cut funding from the insurrectionists in Congress

The Congress Members who promote the Big Lie do not deserve financial support. John, We’re working hard to monitor and hold accountable the dozens of corporations who bankrolled the Republican Congress members who incited the insurrection. Will you join us? Five months ago, our country …
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  #JusticeForTulsa, Color Of Change · [email protected]
May 17, 2021 at 8:22 PM

RSVP Now - Black Wall Street Legacy Festival

Join Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors and Descendants to commemorate centennial   Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and descendants will host the 'Black Wall Street Legacy Festival' to commemorate the centennial!      RSVP TODAY Dear John,  Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and descendants …
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  Hahnah Williams via Organize For · [email protected]
May 15, 2021 at 4:21 PM

BREAKING: DeKalb Police Shot And Killed A Black Man In His Own Home.

#JusticeforZadok Hahnah Williams just started a petition to DeKalb County Police Chief Mirtha V. Ramos and Chief Executive Officer, DeKalb County Michael L. Thurmond: #JusticeforZadok Sign now   Matthew “Zadok” Williams was tragically murdered in his own home. Enough is en…
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  Jennifer Edwards, Color Of Change PAC · [email protected]
May 14, 2021 at 4:24 PM

Police are going all out to attack our candidate

Please support our final push for Philly John, We are just 4 days away from a huge District Attorney election in Philadelphia, and honestly, I’m nervous. We’re fighting to re-elect Larry Krasner, who in the last 4 years has proven he will fight to end mass incarceration of Black and brown p…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
May 13, 2021 at 7:43 PM

Sign now: Biden has the power to protect Haitian asylum seekers from deportation

Haitian immigrants, many of them essential workers and asylum seekers, are at threat of deportation. Tell Biden to redesignate TPS today.       Sign the petition  John, Black immigrants need our help. And we can no longer allow them to be rendered invisible in our narratives about migration…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
May 11, 2021 at 7:03 PM

Stand with Justice for Greenwood, the survivors and descendants of the Tulsa race massacre!

John,  Thank you for taking action! Please share this petition with family and friends.  Until Justice is Real,  Jade & the Color Of Change Team Color Of Change is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change. Please help kee…
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  #JusticeForTulsa, Color Of Change · [email protected]
May 11, 2021 at 6:06 PM

They are whitewashing Tulsa’s Black Wall Street.

The 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre is this month. Dear John,  This month, for the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s city officials plan to host a monumental celebration of racial progress and reconciliation while they are actively denying justice to the…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
May 6, 2021 at 3:10 PM

This proves Facebook won’t protect us.

Facebook has opened the door for Trump to return to his soapbox. Dear John,  Today, Facebook’s bought and paid for Oversight Board upheld Trump's temporary ban from the platform but is giving Facebook’s leaders another 6-months to decide if they want to allow Trump to once again have access to hi…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
May 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM

The KKK set the stage, now sign our petition to help free those convicted by an old racist and discriminatory law

Hundreds of people in Oregon are imprisoned by a non-unanimous jury law that was influenced by the KKK. One powerful person can help, but we need to move her to action.          Sign the petition  John, right now, hundreds of people in Oregon who were convicted by non-unanimous juries remai…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
May 3, 2021 at 3:33 PM

Action Needed: They’re trying to take away our right to protest

Republicans in 34 states have introduced legislation to crack down on protestors. Join us in protecting our right to protest.         Sign the petition  Last summer, we saw the strength of our people power.  John, our persistent, loud and clear voices, our presence in the streets despite th…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 7:34 PM

SMH, Google.

An investigation found that Google Ads blocks companies from advertising on content associated with racial justice terms like “Black Lives Matter” and “Black Power.”   Dear John,  Last year, YouTube, and its parent company, Google, released an anti-racism statement in response to the racial just…
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  #PayThePlayers, Color Of Change · [email protected]
April 24, 2021 at 3:42 PM

It’s time to change the rules of the NCAA’s exploitative game.

EOY email Help fund our work to uproot the college sports industrial complex. John,March Madness—the backbone of the NCAA's billion-dollar empire, built off the labor of Black basketball players—ended for 2021. But it’s not over for us until the exploitation ends. For years,…
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  Scott Roberts, Color Of Change · [email protected]
April 23, 2021 at 5:59 PM

Biden is continuing Trump-era harm against Black migrants.

Sign our petition demanding Biden end Title 42 and bring down the Trump-era invisible border wall against Black migrants today   Dear John, The lives of Black migrants are in danger.  In less than 4 months of presidency, the Biden Administration has expelled well over 1,300 Haitian migrants - i…
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  [Rapid Response] Justice for George Floyd, Color of Change · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 12:56 AM

BREAKING: Minneapolis Police under investigation by DOJ

Biden DOJ must investigate all racist police departments   John, The verdict is in: Derek Chauvin is guilty on all charges. We hold George Floyd’s family in our hearts and minds as they wade through the inescapable and seemingly insurmountable challenges this trial has presented. Although Chau…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
April 19, 2021 at 3:41 PM

RSVP today: Help us address the harm of a KKK influenced law in Oregon

Join our virtual town hall to learn more about a racist law in Oregon & how we can free the people it imprisons.     RSVP Today! Dear John,  Right now, hundreds of people in Oregon are imprisoned by a racist non-unanimous jury law passed in 1934, following the rise of the Klu Klux Klan …
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
April 15, 2021 at 8:05 PM

tbd

JetBlue promised to stop funding the Members of Congress who incited the Coup on the Capitol...or so we thought.   Dear John,  Just as soon as we told you about AT&T, T-Mobile, and Intel backing out of their promise to stop funding insurrection-inciting Members of Congress, JetBlue also back…
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  Student Debt Crisis, Color Of Change · [email protected]
April 8, 2021 at 6:58 PM

BREAKING: President Joe Biden is “actively considering” eliminating up to $50,000 in student loan debt.

John, now, more than ever, we need to apply pressure!   Dear John,  He heard us. We learned last week that President Joe Biden is now “actively considering” broad student debt elimination of up to $50,000!1 This is huge. According to our February 2021 Student Debt Elimination Survey, more than hal…
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  Criminal Justice Team, Color of Change · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 1:02 AM

George Floyd is not on trial.

Help up uplift George Floyd's humanity Dear John.  Yesterday, we watched the first day of Derek Chauvin’s trial. The witness testimonies were emotional, disturbing and a harsh reminder of the violent last moments of George Floyd’s life.   Witness after witness confirmed what we already knew. Derek…
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  Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color Of Change · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 7:07 PM

Corporations are breaking their promise...again

These four companies couldn’t even wait a month before funding insurrectionists again.   Dear John,  It’s only been ONE MONTH since the insurrection, and AT&T, Cigna, Intel, and T-Mobile already resumed funding congressional insurrectionists.1 As much as it was crucial for companies to pause…
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