Difference between revisions of "Color of Change"
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In 2011, [[Color of Change]] "marshaled 43,000 calls to HuffPo demanding that the front page be Breitbart-free," as reported by journalist [[Dave Weigel]] for [[Slate]]. Weigel explained that the [[Color of Change]] "campaigns with a 1-2-3 strategy: Pick 'race-baiting' conservative. Demand that the conservative lose his platform. Melt the phones and inboxes until victory."<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2011/03/shut_up_everybody.html Shut Up Everybody, accessed July 13 2016]</ref> | In 2011, [[Color of Change]] "marshaled 43,000 calls to HuffPo demanding that the front page be Breitbart-free," as reported by journalist [[Dave Weigel]] for [[Slate]]. Weigel explained that the [[Color of Change]] "campaigns with a 1-2-3 strategy: Pick 'race-baiting' conservative. Demand that the conservative lose his platform. Melt the phones and inboxes until victory."<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2011/03/shut_up_everybody.html Shut Up Everybody, accessed July 13 2016]</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2014 [[PowerPAC+]] partnered with national and local groups [[Color of Change]], [[Campaign for America's Future]], the [[New Georgia Project]] and the [[Ohio Legislative Black Caucus]]. | ||
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| + | :''We took the fight to protect voting rights from Ohio to Georgia. And thousands of you nationally signed petitions, donated money, and spread the word about our work to make sure we protect the rights of every voter.''<ref>[http://www.powerpacplus.org/6_reasons_to_celebrate_2014_powerpac]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:49, 8 July 2018
Template:TOCnestleft Color of Change is a progressive community organizing group focused on mobilizing black Americans co-founded in 2005 by James Rucker and Van Jones.[1]
White House Community Policing
On July 13, 2016 Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of Color of Change attended a Community Policing meeting at the White House. Barack Obama "met with a range of people at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building...to discuss community policing and criminal justice..." Invitees included "activists, civil rights, faith, law enforcement and elected leaders – to have a conversation about ways we can keep people safe, build community trust, and ensure justice for all Americans."[2]
Anti-Andrew Breitbart Campaign
In 2011, Color of Change "marshaled 43,000 calls to HuffPo demanding that the front page be Breitbart-free," as reported by journalist Dave Weigel for Slate. Weigel explained that the Color of Change "campaigns with a 1-2-3 strategy: Pick 'race-baiting' conservative. Demand that the conservative lose his platform. Melt the phones and inboxes until victory."[3]
Defended Voting Rights in Ohio and Georgia
In 2014 PowerPAC+ partnered with national and local groups Color of Change, Campaign for America's Future, the New Georgia Project and the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus.
- We took the fight to protect voting rights from Ohio to Georgia. And thousands of you nationally signed petitions, donated money, and spread the word about our work to make sure we protect the rights of every voter.[4]
Staff
- Rashad Robinson
- Keith Goodman
- Arisha Michelle Hatch
- Sheena Brown
- Alicia Meeks
- Sonia Pena
- Hope Wood
- Thomas Beauford
- Joe Carrano
- Brandi Collins
- Evan Feeney
- Malika Giddens
- Bernard Hayman
- Tatiana Hofmans
- Enchanta Jackson
- Sonya Lewis
- Johnny Mathias
- Yeshimabeit Milner
- Samantha Phillips
- Scott Roberts
- Michele St. Julien
- Brian Walker
References
- ↑ Is Obama the End of Black Politics?, accessed July 13 2016
- ↑ [http://publicpool.gawker.com/subject-wh-pool-report-2-1783610584 Subject: WH pool report #2, accessed July 12 2016]
- ↑ Shut Up Everybody, accessed July 13 2016
- ↑ [1]