Witness For Justice #933 Resist

UCC Our Whole Lives Coordinator and Commissioned Minister for Sexuality Education As I sat down to write this piece, the notification came in that the president declared a national emergency in order to access close to $8 billion in funds to build a wall at our southern border. Meanwhile, in my closet hangs my “Resist”…

Fund Commits $50 Million for Down Payment Assistance National Association of Real Estate Brokers Sign Agreement with Minority-Owned Mortgage Company to Boost Black Home Ownership

MIAMI, Florida – At its recent Mid-Winter Conference in Miami, FL, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Security Financial (USF), a minority-owned mortgage company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah to make down payment assistance more broadly available to Black American home buyers. The…

Noticias Telemundo’s Statement On The Abduction Of Its Venezuela Correspondent, Daniel Garrido

MIAMI -February 26, 2019- Noticias Telemundo’s correspondent in Venezuela, Daniel Garrido, was abducted today at 6 am ET in the vicinity of the Hotel Cayena in La Castellana, Caracas. Daniel was covering the recent detention and deportation of a Noticias Univision crew when a group of unidentified armed men forced him into a vehicle and…

RISE UP MY PEOPLE

Rise up my people for it takes an entire Village to raise a child each one must teach one from generation to generation for this Injustice done to my people may be forgiven by God’s grace but never ever forgotten. We went from Kings and Queens to being classified as 3/5 human beings from draped…

Colin Kaepernick Settles Collusion Case Against The NFL

Kaepernick filed his grievance against the NFL in 2017, accusing team owners of violating the league’s collective bargaining agreement. By Antonia Blumberg Colin Kaepernick ended his legal battles with the National Football League on Friday after initially accusing owners of colluding to keep him from playing over his national anthem protest. In identical statements on…

It’s Time to Stop Marginalizing African Americans in Public Higher Education

By Spencer Overton, The Joint Center for Economic Studies Students across the country are putting final touches on their applications for some of our country’s most prestigious public institutions. Higher education officials and policymakers alike need to ensure that these universities are not underserving Black students. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of work to do. A…

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Statement In Response To Burberry’s “Noose Hoodie”

WASHINGTON -D.C. – In response to news high-end luxury fashion brand Burberry featured a hoodie featuring a noose around the collar as part of its autumn/winter collection, Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “It is astounding to see Burberry showcase and profit…