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March 8, 2024 3:36 pm | By 101455Grandparents For Truth’s Black History Month Teach-In Recap
Black History Month may be over, but our work to make sure we teach Black history continues. On February 25, People For's Grandparents For Truth hosted a Black History Month teach-in in Eatonville, Florida. It was so great to talk…
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January 12, 2024 1:32 pm | By 51279Why People For’s Jordan-Huerta Women’s Leadership Program is So Important to Women in Elected Office
Despite significant gains in improving the representation of women in our nation’s political institutions, only a quarter of elected positions in the United States are currently held by women. Named in honor of People For co-founder Barbara Jordan and longtime…
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People For in ActionDecember 21, 2023 4:16 pm | By 109376
Why Our Members Are Proud To Be Grandparents For Truth
Earlier this year, we launched Grandparents For Truth, a program aimed at bringing together grandparents—and everyone else who believes in the freedom to learn—to speak out against book bans and censorship. The response has been incredible. All around the country…
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October 31, 2023 3:11 pm | ByKathleen Turner wants you to join the Banned Books Reading Challenge
It's the last day to join Grandparents For Truth's Banned Books Reading Challenge - and we don't want you to miss out! All you have to do is send in a photo or video of yourself with a banned book,…
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October 18, 2023 1:40 pm | By 51279Defending the Freedom to Learn: Temecula and the #RecallAll3 Movement
The far right has launched a national campaign to take over our school boards and dictate what our kids can and can't learn. And we're seeing it play out right now in Temecula, California. We sat down with People For…
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September 13, 2023 3:48 pm | By 52560What it meant to speak at the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, I was invited by the King family, Martin Luther King III, and Andrea, his wife, and Yolanda, their daughter, to speak at the commemoration of the March on Washington. For a…
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August 17, 2023 12:48 pm | By 28186Battles Continue Over Freedom to Learn
As schools around the country prepare to return to session this late summer and fall, People For the American Way and Grandparents for Truth (G4T) have remained busy, fighting authoritarian attacks on the freedom to learn. Here’s a brief rundown on…
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June 20, 2023 11:40 am | ByHow We Can Transform Public Safety to Keep Us All Safe: Video
A year ago, we published the All Safe report: a blueprint to transforming public safety in this country. "It's a report that aims to figure out what reforms we need to both solve police violence and lower crime," says People…
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April 21, 2023 10:00 am | ByIf But My Gaze Could Heal by Dr. Colin Greer: People For the American Way Book Club
People For the American Way President Svante Myrick discuss art and activism with poet and New World Foundation President Dr. Colin Greer, author of a new collection of poems titled If But My Gaze Could Heal. About If But My…
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March 27, 2023 3:47 pm | By 51279The Third Act with Josh Sapan: People For the American Way Book Club
People For the American Way President Svante Myrick sat down with longtime People For Board Member, author, and former Chief Executive Officer of AMC Networks Josh Sapan to talk about his book The Third Act: Reinventing Your Next Chapter. About…
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March 22, 2023 10:41 am | By 44533Defending the American Way: Our Fight to Protect Democracy
We’re at a critical time for our democracy Across the country, the Far Right is doing the most to try and upend our democracy. From attacks on free and fair elections to attempts to gut access to the ballot box,…
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March 6, 2023 6:20 pm | ByMeet People For President Svante Myrick
Svante Myrick is one of the most dynamic young, progressive Black leaders today. He’s led campaigns focused on transforming public safety, racial equity, voting rights, and empowering young elected officials. Myrick garnered national media attention as the youngest-ever mayor of…
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January 16, 2023 12:19 pm | By 52560How Young People Can Carry on Dr. King’s Legacy with Yolanda Renee King
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day this year, People For President Svante Myrick sat down with Dr. King's only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, to talk about the power young people like her have to carry on Dr. King's work…
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October 20, 2022 10:33 am | By 78613Join us: Rally for Affirmative Action on October 31st
On Monday, October 31, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases concerning the consideration of race as one factor in college admissions at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina. We're rallying at the Supreme Court…
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People For in ActionSeptember 24, 2022 3:12 pm | By 51279
People For Briefing Highlights Fall SCOTUS Term
With the new Supreme Court term beginning on October 3, People For held an exclusive member briefing on the courts featuring our team of experts, including Senior Fellow and Justice Correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal, who discussed the upcoming…
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People For in ActionAugust 30, 2022 2:14 pm | By 51279
People For Briefing Highlights What’s at Stake in the Midterm Elections
With the midterm elections less than 11 weeks away, the stakes continue to climb as more of the Far Right’s agenda is exposed. Attacks on our children’s education, our reproductive freedoms, our right to vote in free and fair elections…
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April 11, 2022 7:35 am | ByThousands Gather to Celebrate #JusticeKBJ
On Friday, April 8th, thousands of people gathered in person and online to celebrate the historic confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Watch the joy here!
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People For in ActionApril 11, 2022 7:25 am | By
Celebrate the Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Together, we confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Judge Jackson is the first Black woman and first public defender to serve on our nation's highest court - and from her record, we know that she will be…
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April 8, 2022 9:30 am | By 97341Thank Your Local Election Workers
Tuesday, April 12, is the Thank Election Heroes National Day of Action. With more than 40 events and counting, the day is a way to acknowledge election workers as local heroes and bolster support for their work in this year’s…
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April 1, 2022 1:11 pm | By 51279Faith In Jackson: Faith Leaders Rally on the Steps of the Supreme Court
On March 30, People for staff, board and leadership network members, and activists joined coalition partners for an Interfaith Speak Out in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Reverend Leslie Watson Wilson, National Director…