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April 10, 2017 10:09 am | By 43665YP4 Discusses the Funding Gap Between Conservative and Progressive Youth Organizations on ‘The Leslie Marshall Show’
When it comes to financially investing in training, organizing, and grooming young people for movement leadership, the Right is way ahead of the progressive movement—but it doesn’t have to stay that way. On Thursday, Young People For (YP4) Director Christin…
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April 7, 2017 2:02 pm | By 28184AAMLC Volunteers Deliver Hundreds of Bags of Donations to Flint Residents
Even though the cameras and celebrities have left Flint, Michigan, a crisis in the region continues. Last month, supporters of PFAW Foundation’s African American Ministers Leadership Council (AAMLC) brought donations to Flint residents and work with local groups to empower the…
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April 7, 2017 10:32 am | By 28178Thank You for the Supreme Court Fight
Thank you so much for every bit of money, time, energy, and passion you have given to this Supreme Court fight. It's a fight we needed to be in and, even though Neil Gorsuch will now become a Supreme Court…
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April 6, 2017 9:55 am | By 41734Senator Schumer Joins PFAW Telebriefing on Latest #StopGorsuch Developments
Following the committee vote to advance Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Senate floor, and the news that he would fail to reach the 60-vote bar for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominees, People For the American Way hosted Senate…
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April 5, 2017 11:40 am | By 281875 Things You Need To Know Now About the Progressive Youth Movement
If we are going to win, we will need to invest in young people—now. In the few months since the election, young people across the country have organized around a wave of progressive energy and formed an active force of…
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March 29, 2017 5:02 pm | By 44533Rapid Response Counter Protest to #StopGorsuch
Today PFAW and our allies organized a rapid response counter protest at the Supreme Court to interrupt a press conference held by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and other Republican senators calling for confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch. On…
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March 29, 2017 11:38 am | By 54423Pray, Preserve, and Protect Our Health Care
PFAW’s African American Ministers In Action (AAMIA) has been a strong supporter of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed into law on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama. The benefits to uninsured Americans in general, and uninsured African Americans specifically,…
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March 28, 2017 4:55 pm | By 53562All Eyes on Georgia’s 6th District: The Resistance is Building, and We Can Win This Seat
We have another chance to show President Donald Trump and his administration that our resistance is doing more than bringing people to the streets—it’s bringing people to the polls. A special election in Georgia for a Congressional seat that opened…
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March 24, 2017 11:15 am | By 53561On Judge Gorsuch: “He failed my son, Luke.”
In a new PFAW video released today, father Jeff Perkins shares the story of his son Luke’s struggle to receive an adequate education. His family’s case, Thompson R2-J School District v. Luke P. (2008), was heard by Judge Neil Gorsuch on the…
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March 17, 2017 12:06 pm | By 43665Video: Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Would Be a Disaster for Women’s Rights
Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, has a troubling record of ruling against women’s rights. In a new video released today, PFAW Senior Advisor on Policy Dawn Huckelbridge discusses one case in particular that shows the nominee’s…
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March 17, 2017 12:00 pm | By 53562PFAW Hosts Telebriefing Ahead of Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing
In anticipation of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing next week, PFAW hosted a telebriefing for members that featured Senator Jeff Merkley as well our own Marge Baker and Elliot Mincberg. Sen. Merkley and our staff previewed what we’re…
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March 7, 2017 5:47 pm | ByHere’s Why We’re Participating in “A Day Without a Woman”
By Christin “Cici” Battle, Dawn Huckelbridge, and the women of People For Today we celebrate International Women’s Day, a day with roots in the civil, labor, immigrant rights, suffrage, and peace movements worldwide. The day has taken on different meaning…
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February 9, 2017 9:47 pm | By 41734Advocates Deliver One Million Petitions Calling On Senators to Oppose Jeff Sessions
People For the American Way made one last #StopSessions push in the Senate on Tuesday, joining other leaders and activists to deliver the petition signatures of one million Americans opposed to the confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions as our next…
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February 3, 2017 2:54 pm | By 41734PFAW Hosts Telebriefing on #StopGorsuch Campaign
Following President Trump's announcement Tuesday evening that Judge Neil Gorsuch was his nominee to succeed Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court, People For the American Way staff joined members and supporters on a call about the #StopGorsuch campaign and how…
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February 2, 2017 8:27 pm | By 41734PFAW’s “We The People” Ad is First in the Campaign to #StopGorsuch
People For the American Way believes that opposing the Gorsuch nomination is essential to protecting our constitutional rights and values. On Wednesday, we made that clear in a new TV ad that urges senators to stand up for the Constitution…
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February 1, 2017 10:17 am | By 43665PFAW & Allies Rally at the Supreme Court in Opposition to Gorsuch Nomination
Shortly after President Donald Trump announced last night that Judge Neil Gorsuch would be his nominee to the Supreme Court, People For the American Way and allies rallied in front of the Supreme Court in opposition to the nomination of a…
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January 17, 2017 11:49 pm | By 41734PFAW Hosts Sessions Telebriefing
Following last week's hearing on Jeff Sessions' nomination to serve as attorney general, PFAW staff joined members and supporters on a call about the Sessions battle and what it means for other Trump nominees and the emerging resistance to Trump's…
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January 5, 2017 6:31 pm | By 41734Opposition to Sessions Nomination for Attorney General
People For the American Way sent the following letter to Senate and Judiciary Committee leaders opposing the nomination of Senator Jefferson Sessions to become Attorney General of the United States. You can download this letter here. January 5, 2017 The Honorable…
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December 29, 2016 10:32 pm | By 28186PFAW Foundation Supreme Court Brief: Discrimination Against Muslims is “Very Clearly Illegal”
People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) joined with Americans United for Separation of Church and State this week in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in an important Supreme Court case concerning religious discrimination, a case made even more important because…
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December 14, 2016 3:18 pm | By 43665PFAW Joins Allies in March to Say #NoMuslimRegistry
On Monday People For the American Way joined Move On, Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), and other allies for a march and rally in Washington, D.C. to speak out against any registry of Muslim communities. Hundreds of marchers came…