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We Must Strengthen The Voting Rights Act

We Must Strengthen The Voting Rights Act

by Michael Lawson | Aug 13, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Politics

August 6 marked 56 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified 95 years earlier. The purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to eliminate the tremendous obstacles that...
We Must Not Take Our Right to Vote for Granted

We Must Not Take Our Right to Vote for Granted

by Michael Lawson | Jul 16, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Politics

The act of participating in our democracy begins with the right to vote. In 2020, 73% of all voting-age US citizens were registered to vote, and 67% of all citizens age18 and older reported voting, an increase of 17 million more than voted in 2016. We should be proud...
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Health Together

Fighting the Stigma of Mental Health Together

by Michael Lawson | May 16, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy

The month of May is officially Mental Health Awareness Month. This month, we join the national movement to raise awareness of mental health issues, eliminate the stigma associated with mental health and elevate the importance of mental health care providers....
CA Steps Towards Ending the Cash Bail System

CA Steps Towards Ending the Cash Bail System

by Michael Lawson | May 1, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy

The current cash bail system in California is classist, racist, and unfair, and the California Supreme Court recently agreed to make a change that will address some but not all of the ills that befall our system. Our state’s top court ruled that it is...
“We Are Able to Breathe Again”

“We Are Able to Breathe Again”

by Michael Lawson | Apr 24, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Race

Guilty on all charges. On April 20, 2021, after 44 witnesses and 15 days of testimony, we held a collective breath while waiting for the jury to render its verdict on Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd by grinding his knee into the back of...
Shame on Kroger for Closing LA Area Stores

Shame on Kroger for Closing LA Area Stores

by Michael Lawson | Apr 9, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy

The announced closures of five grocery stores in the Los Angeles area by Cincinnati-based Kroger is a shameful and callous act of corporate greed. Kroger made the announcements shortly after the Cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles voted to provide frontline grocery...
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