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African American and Community Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal
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African American and Community Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal

June 30, 2022

African American leaders across the nation largely condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued on June 24, overturning the federal abortion protections of Roe v. Wade, with some describing the action as a “pro-policing of women’s bodies” and a move to “criminalize Black women.” The 5-4 ruling overturns a 49-year-old landmark decision and puts abortion policy at the discretion of states, many of which have restricted or outlawed the procedure in recent months. Issuing a strong reaction to the SCOTUS ruling, Congresswoman Maxine Waters declared, “I stand in solidarity with the 36 million women being stripped of their right     to

African American Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal
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African American Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal

Staff and Wire ReportJune 24, 2022

African American leaders across the nation largely condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued on June 24, overturning the federal abortion protections of Roe v. Wade, with some describing the action as a “pro-policing of women’s bodies” and a move to “criminalize Black women.”

House Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Deal
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House Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Deal

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentApril 2, 2020

Earlier, several civil rights organizations noted watching with vigilance as Senate negotiations and, later, voting in both chambers took place. “We know that when the economy goes into decline, people of color always bear the brunt,” said Teresa Candori, communications director for the National Urban League. “We will be fighting to make sure the most vulnerable communities are not an afterthought.”

Black Organizations Use Power of Social Media to Launch #BlackCensusWeek and Boost Black Census Count
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Black Organizations Use Power of Social Media to Launch #BlackCensusWeek and Boost Black Census Count

Olivia Jade Khoury, Contributing WriterApril 2, 2020

Our nation’s Decennial Census has arrived and with the overarching pandemic of COVID-19, the count for marginalized and historically undercounted populations is more important now than ever before. The NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s Unity Diaspora Coalition, the National Urban League’s Black Census Roundtable along with countless other organizations worked together to seize the moment as an opportunity to ensure a fair and accurate count for African-American citizens through Black Census Week, a week-long virtual activity to incite awareness around the Census and the importance to fill it out in its entirety.

Supreme Court Shoots Down Trump’s Census Citizenship Question
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Supreme Court Shoots Down Trump’s Census Citizenship Question

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJuly 4, 2019

“In blocking Trump’s ability to add a citizenship question, the court has ensured that voting rights for people of color are protected, and that all communities – regardless of race, ethnicity, geographic location, religious views, political affiliation, and country of origin – are fairly represented,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).