by Michael Lawson | Sep 25, 2020 | President Message, Advocacy
The Grand Jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky, failed to deliver justice for Ms. Breonna Taylor and her family this week. The Grand Jury indicted one police officer for wanton endangerment of persons who were not injured in any way and took no action against the police... 
by Michael Lawson | Sep 18, 2020 | President Message
“Violence has no practical results towards building a strengthened community or solving the problems of human prejudice, bias, and injustice. People accept the ideological or even religious myth that if you want to get things done, Violence is the way. But... 
by Michael Lawson | Sep 11, 2020 | President Message
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, a federal judge in Northern California issued a temporary restraining order to stop the Census Bureau from terminating the census process a month ahead of its original schedule. This ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by the... 
by Michael Lawson | Aug 28, 2020 | Advocacy, President Message
The National Urban League, Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters has joined more than 20 states and cities in an escalating legal attack against the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to stop his sabotage efforts mail-in voting in the upcoming 2020 national... 
by Michael Lawson | Aug 22, 2020 | Education, President Message
This week Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation’s second-largest school district, started online classes for more than 600,000 students. LAUSD and the teachers’ union, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), recently agreed on new... 
