President and CEO, Barbara Perez’s Letter about Juneteenth

Honoring Juneteenth Barbara Perez.pdf

Stop HB-294: The Ohio Anti-Voter Bill

Every eligible person should be able to exercise their constitutional right to vote and should have equal access to the process. HB-294 is a huge threat to Ohian voter rights.

• View and track the progression of the bill by clicking here.
• Sign the petition provided by Cincinnati NAACP: Sign here.
• With help from the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition, mail your legislators by clicking here OR call your legislators by clicking here.

Voter Suppression through a National Lens: The Economy

• The New York Times article: Hundreds of Companies Unite to Oppose Voting Limits, but Others Abstain
• Forbes article: Why Corporate America Opposes Voter Suppression
• ESPN article:
  
  MLB moving 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law

No-Knock Warrants: It’s Time to End Them for Good

• For more information and understanding of no-knock raids, visit We The People Organize, here.
• A comprehensive paper studying no-knock police warrants: Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America by Radley Balko. Read it here.
• Understand and read more on Breonna’s Law, a law passed in Kentucky by Governor Andy Beshear in regard to no-knock warrants after Breonna’s death in Louisville, KY last spring by clicking here.
• Cincinnati Enquirer article: Cincinnati restricts no-knock warrants
• The Task Force on Policing, falling under Council on Criminal Justice, released a policy assessment on No-Knock Warrants and Police Raids

Health Disparities Are Very Much Still Alive- So What Are We Going to Do About It?

• Resources available from the CDC, here.
• The Sentencing Project publication: Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System
• The Commonwealth Fund article: What is being done to reduce health disparities in the United States?
• Breaking down racial disparities by race, provided by The COVID Tracking Project, here.
• University of Nevada research article: The Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities in the U.S.
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy article: Studies spotlight COVID racial health disparities, similarities

No Parent Should Have to Have “The Talk” With Their Children

• NPR article: A Black Mother Reflects On Giving Her 3 Sons ‘The Talk’ … Again And Again
• Four Black men reflect on their “talks” in this Georgia Public Broadcasting article:

  ‘The Talk’ Is A Rite Of Passage In Black Families. Even When The Parent Is A Police Officer.

• Arizona Public Media video: The Talk – black parents share how they teach their children what to do when approached by police
• Vox article: Black parents describe “The Talk” they give to their children about police
• Learn how “the talk” may affect Black children’s psychological development in this research article by UNC: Black Families Use “The Talk” to Help Their Children Cope with Racism

It’s Time to Put an End to the “School-to-Prison Pipeline”

• Vox video explains: What is the “school-to-prison” pipeline?
• Learning for Justice magazine feature: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
• For resources on juvenile justice issues by the National Juvenile Justice Network, click here.
• ACLU school-to-prison pipeline infographic
• The National Education Association: How to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline