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Jamie Raskin Discusses Key Court Cases With Progressive Leaders
Wed, 03/20/2013 - 3:00pm — Paul
Raskin discusses marriage equality, affirmative action, and voting rights cases with members of AAMLC, the YEO Network, and YP4.
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Restrictions on Early Voting and Voter Registration Used for Partisan Gain
Tue, 12/04/2012 - 6:19pm — Harrison
Florida members of the African American Ministers Leadership Council said they were "appalled but not surprised" by the report and the claims that the restrictions exclusively targeted minority voters.
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Attempts to Disenfranchise Ohio Voters Continue After Election
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 4:11pm — Harrison
Secretary of State Jon Husted amps up his efforts to suppress the vote.
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PFAWF Supports Young People, Communities of Color in Getting Out the Vote This Election Day
Tue, 11/06/2012 - 12:14pm — Layne
Whether by reaching out to people of color, young people, women, or other key communities, People For the American Way Foundation has been on the ground all across the country these past few weeks getting out the vote.
The VESSELS project of the African American Ministers Leadership Council, which is committed to increasing civic participation in communities that have traditionally experienced disenfranchisement and discrimination, has organized GOTV events in more than thirty cities across the country. From Buffalo to Miami, Las Vegas to Baltimore, and many places in between, VESSELS have been organizing in their communities to get people to the polls. Ms. Ruby Bridges spoke at a rally in New Orleans, while Dr. Ralph Abernathy III took the stage in Cleveland. In other towns, volunteers have organized trips to the polls following Sunday worship services and GOTV concerts.
Youth organizers have also been working hard to turn out the vote. Despite the fact that nearly 85% of young people were not reached out to by either campaign, we know from our Young People For (YP4) Fellows that young people are busy organizing. They are centering their efforts around a campaign called ARRIVE WITH 5, because while every vote is powerful, they know that when they ARRIVE WITH 5 (or more!) friends to polls, the impact of the youth vote is magnified. At Pitzer College in California, YP4 Fellows are organizing an ARRIVE WITH 5 caravan to the polls – providing electric go-cart rides from their campus to the polling station. At Oberlin College in Ohio, student leaders are hosting voter information events, phone banks, and dorm storms. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, they sang to get out the vote. Local bands and a cappella groups performed everything from jazz to techno while attendees got excited about making their voices heard on Election Day. And these are just a few of the events YP4 Fellows organized this year, collectively reaching thousands of students across the nation.
People For the American Way Foundation was founded more than three decades ago with a vision of a vibrantly diverse democratic society in which all Americans are encouraged to participate in our nation’s civic and political life. The hard work of PFAWF’s Fellows, VESSELS, and other volunteers this election cycle have helped bring that vision to life in a very real way.
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The Right to Vote Under Attack, 2012 Update
Here we detail, as of October 6, 2012, except where otherwise noted, the latest efforts across the country to suppress the vote, as well as some encouraging successes in expanding the franchise.
“A right for one is a right for another and a responsibility for all.”
Fri, 10/12/2012 - 5:55pm — Jen
That is the spirit in which faith leaders and religious liberty advocates have come together in 2012 to answer the question, “What is the truth about American Muslims?”
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Voter ID Blocked in Pennsylvania
Tue, 10/09/2012 - 5:29pm — Harrison
While it is now guaranteed that voters without an ID cannot legally be turned away, the ruling only applies for the 2012 election. Concerns over voter disenfranchisement continue to exist.
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Voter ID lives to see another day in Pennsylvania
Thu, 08/16/2012 - 3:15pm — Dylan
A Commonwealth judge has ruled in favor of HB 934, but a Supreme Court showdown is on the horizon.
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UPDATE: Termination of evening and weekend voting sparks outrage in Ohio
Wed, 08/15/2012 - 2:49pm — Amelia
Ohio Secretary of State John Husted’s actions could keep many away from the polls in the Buckeye State.
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Termination of evening and weekend voting sparks outrage in Ohio
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 5:06pm — Amelia
Ohio Secretary of State John Husted’s vote to restrict voting hours promises to keep many from the polls in the Buckeye State.
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UPDATE: Voter suppression package arrives on Michigan Governor’s desk
Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:07pm — Amelia
Awaiting Governor’s decision, National Action Network plans civil rights march for late July.
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Media Advisory: Detroit-Area Faith Leaders to Hold Demonstration Against Lowe's
DEARBORN, MI -- On Saturday, December 17 at 11:00 a.m., Christian and Muslim faith leaders, elected officials and community activists will hold an interfaith protest at a Lowe’s store near Dearborn, Michigan Saturday to protest the company’s decision to cave to anti-Muslim extremists and pull advertising from the TLC show “All-American Muslim.”
Lowe's pulled its advertising from the show after the Florida Family Association, a small right-wing fringe group, complained that it showed American Muslims "as ordinary folks just like you and me."
VESSELS Vote
VESSELS are people of faith -- clergy, pastors, ministry and community leaders, men, women and young adults -- firmly committed to increasing civic participation in communities that traditionally have been disenfranchised or discriminated against.
African American Ministers Leadership Council Launches Nationwide 2012 Get Out the Vote Program
On Sunday, November 6, People For the American Way Foundation’s African American Ministers Leadership Council, a nationwide network of African American clergy, will launch a yearlong program to turn out the vote in the 2012 elections. The VESSELS program will work with at least 400 clergy from across the country to respond to widespread attacks on voting rights by educating, training and turning out voters.
The effort will focus on twelve key states with large African American populations that have been hit by right-wing attacks on voting rights, including suppressive voter ID laws.
Minister Leslie Watson Malachi, Director of the African American Ministers Leadership Council , said:“African American voters are under assault from right-wing legislators who think they can win elections by keeping us from voting. We must respond by knowing our rights, educating our fellow voters and turning out even more people to the polls than we did in 2008. This is not a partisan issue: it’s about ensuring that our democracy lives up to its highest ideals.
“Throughout American history, the Black Church has been a powerful force behind efforts to ensure that all Americans have access to our Constitutional rights. The current battles over voting rights are no exception. As dozens of states pass laws making it harder to vote, we must work harder to ensure that everybody who can participates in the democratic process. We believe that God gave us a voice, and we must use it to speak with our vote.”
Rev. Dr. Roland Womack, Jr., Chair of AAMLC and retired pastor of Milwaukee’s Progressive Baptist Church , said:“The Vessels program is extremely important to the 2012 election, at a time when the rights of all people are not recognized and a permanent ruling class determines the decisions and direction of this country. I am participating because I am old enough to remember how it used to be and I promised my father and my God that I would not stand by and let this happen to us again.”
Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Samuel, Vice-Chair of AAMLC and Founder and Pastor of Victory for the World Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia , added:“The current Occupy Wall Street movement along with ancillary movements in cities around the world is further testimony to the importance of citizens’ involvement in our political process. The VESSELS program is an important step toward voter empowerment. Our democracy depends on it.”
More information about the African American Ministers Leadership Council and the VESSELS program can be found here.
People For the American Way Foundation’s report,
The Right to Vote Under Attack: The Campaign to Keep Millions of Americans from the Ballot Box
is available
here.
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AAMIA and AAMLC Statement on the President’s Remarks on Immigration Reform
The African American Ministers Leadership Council (AAMLC) of People For the American Way Foundation, and African American Ministers in Action (AAMIA) of People For the American Way, congratulate President Obama on his thoughtful remarks yesterday on immigration
Rev. Womack on the March 21 Immigration Rally
Point Man for the Wedge Strategy: New Report Examines Political Activities of Bishop Harry Jackson, Face of the Religious Right's Outreach to African Americans
Bishop Harry Jackson, who has emerged as the leading African American voice of the Religious Right political movement, is waging a campaign in the District of Columbia against marriage equality. This report follows Jackson's years on the national political scene since he announced that God told him to campaign for George W. Bush's reelection in 2004.
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