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We Need More Gun Regulation NOW!

We Need More Gun Regulation NOW!

by Michael Lawson | Jun 3, 2022 | President Message, Advocacy, Race

In 1966, on the eve of the Summer of Love in San Francisco, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense began as a small community organization. The founders were Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Under California law, it was legal to carry guns in public as long as the...
Ketanji Brown Jackson: The First Black Woman Nominated to the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson: The First Black Woman Nominated to the Supreme Court

by Michael Lawson | Mar 5, 2022 | President Message, Advocacy, Politics

On February 25, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the...
Urban League Leaders Urge Resignation of Todd Spitzer After Comments on Race in Death Penalty Case

Urban League Leaders Urge Resignation of Todd Spitzer After Comments on Race in Death Penalty Case

by LA Urban League | Feb 24, 2022 | Advocacy, Press Releases

Incident is Further Evidence that Capital Punishment Must End NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES (February 24, 2022) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Los Angeles Urban League President and CEO Michael A. Lawson called for the resignation of Orange...
Ram’s Super Bowl Victory Built on 1946 Desegregation

Ram’s Super Bowl Victory Built on 1946 Desegregation

by Michael Lawson | Feb 19, 2022 | President Message, Advocacy

Millions of football fans celebrated Super Bowl Sunday this past weekend by watching the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl by beating the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. We congratulate the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals for making...
Ensuring Black Student Excellence: LAUSD Must Recruit, Prepare and Retain Black Educators 

Ensuring Black Student Excellence: LAUSD Must Recruit, Prepare and Retain Black Educators 

by Michael Lawson and Laura McGowan-Robinson | Feb 5, 2022 | President Message, Advocacy, Education, Education & Training

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District board will consider the Black Student Excellence through Educator Diversity, Preparation, and Retention Resolution. This resolution aims to hire, train, and retain more Black educators in LAUSD schools. On behalf of...
Prosecutors Need to Take Another Look at Excessive Prison Sentences

Prosecutors Need to Take Another Look at Excessive Prison Sentences

by Michael Lawson | Nov 19, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Race

California houses the second largest prison population in the United States behind Texas and the largest population of people serving long-term sentences. Due to decades of tough-on-crime policies from over-zealous politicians, some of these long-term sentences are...
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