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By Jorge Vasquez, Program Director of Power & Democracy When we woke up this morning, we knew not to expect the results of the presidential election. With a record number of people casting their ballot at the polls early, in drop boxes, and by mail, we anticipated that it would take longer than usual to count every vote and ensure that every voter is heard. In August and September 2020, Advancement Project National Office formed the Young Voters of Color Advisory Committee to see what would drive young Black, Brown, Native American, and Asian American voters to the polls.

By Faith Carter-Nottage, Member of Advancement Project National Office’s Young Voter of Color Advisory Committee   It has been exactly 219 days since I last hugged my best friend. It’s been less than a year but it feels like a memory from a different era. As a senior attending the University of Maryland Baltimore County, every morning I get up and join the millions of other students around the country attending class behind a computer screen. It feels like we are working harder than ever despite not knowing what the world will look like when the dust settles. Thinking things…

By Jorge Vasquez, Power & Democracy Director As we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, I reflect on my Abuelita Cookie, her strength, her wisdom, her resilience and the lessons she instilled in family, my community and me. There is no question in my mind that, if Abuelita Cookie were alive today, she would be marching with Black Lives Matter protesters, organizing around the lack of police accountability, and encouraging everyone to take it to the polls this November. Esperanza “Doña Esperanza” Moreno or “Abuelita Cookie,” as her grandchildren referred to her, was 111 years-old when she passed away in 2004. She…

During Latinx Heritage Month, Advancement Project National Office is reflecting on the Latinx community and continuing our fight to strengthen policies that impact members of this community. This fight includes a path towards immigrant justice. The U.S immigration policy has historically been rooted in racism with entry restrictions and exploitation based on race. Advancement Project National Office, in partnership with United We Dream, Farmworker Labor Organizing Committee (North Carolina), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, Florida Immigrant Coalition, and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, is seeking to end the unnecessary and unjust criminalization of immigrants…

We’re another week closer to Election Day, and this week we’re watching the vice presidential debate, uplifting messaging around young voters of color, and teaming up with the Washington Football Team to encourage people to register to vote. Check out what we have going on this week: Tonight, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will face off in the first and only vice presidential debate of the election season. Last week’s presidential debate incorrectly framed the uprisings this summer. Will this week’s debate attempt to falsely mischaracterize the movement to defend Black life? Listen in at 9pm ET and join the…

One topic that will likely be framed incorrectly during the Presidential debates? The murder of Black people and the subsequent uprisings this summer.

Advancement Project National Office along with our national allies Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting, Demos, and The Opportunity Agenda have released Map the Truth, a COVID-19/Coronavirus Social Justice Guide. This guide is a reflection of the love, unity and uplifting positivity that we collectively aim to spread amongst all impacted communities. Now, with the continuing threat of this global pandemic, that truth has become more important than ever. Collectively, we proudly commit this social justice guide to be a beacon of truth that helps uplift and support directly impacted communities to…

Advancement Project National Office, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting, Demos & The Opportunity Agenda announce the release of Map The Truth, a COVID-19 Social Justice Guide.

If you ask anyone who’s ever been involved in the fight for racial justice who’s their favorite organizer in the movement, chances are you’ll meet a few who’ll tell you Cesar Chavez. Born near Yuma, Arizona, on March 31, 1927, Chavez grew up watching his family toil on farms for unjust wages. Witnessing injustice first hand would be just the spark he needed to become a fierce advocate for Chicano rights and organized labor unions. Chavez’s passion for the work was so unbridled that he would endure hunger strikes until the communities he served were treated with dignity and respect.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: NOW DUE FRIDAY, MAY 15 Advancement Project National Office and Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law invite you to continue the conversation from Fall 2019’s Inaugural Movement Lawyering Conference. In response to the successful Movement Lawyering Conference put on by Advancement Project National Office, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and Law for Black Lives, we invite you to submit articles for publication in what will be a special issue in the Fifth Volume of the Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review dedicated entirely to movement lawyering. Topics must be…