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Trump Administration Escalates Attack on Communities of Color by Adding Citizenship Question to Census March 27, 2018

Change will lead…

Statement on Atty Gen. Jeff Sessions’ Announcement to “Improve” School Safety March 13, 2018

Sessions wants skilled marksmen and gun brandishing soldiers to patrol school hallways.

Florida’s Policymakers Move to Arm Teachers Places Students of Color at Risk March 9, 2018

This bill may as well equate to signing a school-to-prison pipeline warrant for Florida's students of color.

Racial Justice Groups Call for Florida Governor to Veto Bill Increasing Funding for Police in Schools March 8, 2018

Florida Community Organizations and National Advocates Urge Florida Governor to Reject Bill on Guns and School Security

Advancement Project’s Statement Following the State of the Union January 30, 2018

We knew Trump’s first State…

Shame on Senators Enabling a White Supremacist Agenda January 22, 2018

With today’s vote, the Senate falls in line with a president who revoked DACA and showed his racist approach.

Colin Kaepernick Puts Money Where His Mouth Is January 18, 2018

Advancement Project is one of last organizations to receive portion of $1 million donation from former football player, social justice advocate

Leading Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Support and Applaud the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s National Day of Racial Healing, January 16, 2018 January 16, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January…

Latest Termination of Temporary Protected Status is Dangerous and Cruel January 9, 2018

More than One Million People Now Stripped of Protection from Deportation Under Trump’s Racial Purge

Pence-Kobach “Election Integrity” Commission Shuts Down January 4, 2018

The decision to dissolve the Pence-Kobach Commission reiterates what we already know: voter fraud is a farce.

Community Advocates Organize to Suspend School Police from Jeffersontown High School November 7, 2017

The very same police that are killing Black youth in the streets have found their way into our schools.

New Report by National Leaders on School-to-Prison Pipeline Gives Miami-Dade County Public Schools Failing Grade on School Climate October 18, 2017

What students need in this moment are counselors and mental health professionals, comprehensive sex education and restorative justice programming. Not police and practices that further calcify the school-to-prison pipeline.