Month: November 2020

New post from the NAACP: Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Demand all Ballots be Counted by Marc Banks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2020 Contact: Marc Banks, NAACP, dbanks@naacpnet.org Lon Walls, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, lwalls@wallscomm.com Phoebe Plagens, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Rachel Noerdlinger, National Action Network (NAN) rnoerdlinger@mercuryllc.com Teresa Candori, National Urban League, tcandori@nul.org Don Owens, Lawyers Committee, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org   Voting is the cornerstone of democracy in this country….

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New post from the NAACP: African American Research Collaborative, NAACP, and Vera Institute of Justice to Host Media Call to Discuss Vote Choice and Motivations of Black Americans Based on Data from the 2020 American Election Eve Poll by Marc Banks

Media Contacts: Elaina Jackson, Fahrenheit Creative Group, LLC, elaina@fcgworks.com Marc Banks, NAACP, dbanks@naccpnet.org Jazmyn Strode, Vera Institute of Justice, jstrode@vera.org   Washington, DC—On Thursday, November 5 at 11:00 AM Eastern, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Vera Institute of Justice (Vera), and African American Research Collaborative (AARC) will host a media…

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New post from the NAACP: What Happens When We Mobilize by Marc Banks

We are only a few hours away from the most consequential election in our country’s history – particularly for Black Americans. The challenges confronting the Black community are well documented: police killings, an inadequate response to COVID-19, mass unemployment, systemic racism and voter suppression. Early data shows Black people are turning out in record numbers…

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