Sep 18, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2020 Media Contact: Grace Gill Qayoumi gqayoumi@skdknick.com 510-853-9034 No-contact canvassing and literature drop program aims to raise awareness of key dates and share information on voting CITY, STATE – On Friday, the NAACP, the...
Sep 18, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.orgLynette Kalsnes, ACLU of Minnesota, 612-270-8531, lkalsnes@aclu-mn.org PAUL, Minn. — The state of Minnesota has agreed to mail absentee ballot...
Jun 27, 2020
The NAACP released the following statement regarding Facebook’s announcement regarding their new policies to combat disinformation and hate speech: “The NAACP is concerned with Facebook’s recent tone-deaf response to the growing outcry over its platform’s inaction...
Jun 25, 2020
All across our nation, people are beginning to speak out about the horrors and brutality of law enforcement misconduct and the fact that people of color, disproportionately African Americans, are treated more harshly by law enforcement officers – often fatally. People...
Jun 11, 2020
Listen to the Full Recording BALTIMORE (June 11, 2020)— The NAACP hosted a virtual town hall with the former vice president, Joe Biden, and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge. Television journalist Ed Gordon moderated the hour-long conversation, which centered on the global...
May 13, 2020
Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2020) – Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, made the following statement about today’s release of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort from federal prison based on concerns about COVID-19. “Mr. Manafort was released from federal...
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