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How Maryland’s New Police Reform Bill Can Lead Us Forward

How Maryland’s New Police Reform Bill Can Lead Us Forward

by Michael Lawson | Apr 17, 2021 | President Message, Politics, Race

This week Maryland took a bold and essential step toward meaningful police reform. The Maryland legislature overrode the Republican governor’s veto and adopted landmark legislation that will set new rules regarding the use of force, establish new investigative...
Protecting Voting Rights in the New Jim Crow Era

Protecting Voting Rights in the New Jim Crow Era

by Michael Lawson | Apr 2, 2021 | President Message, Advocacy, Politics

Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a shameful law that places Jim Crow era-like restrictions on voting and gives unconscionable oversight and control over the very elections that determine their fate. Governor Brian Kemp signed this shameful bill...
Los Angeles Urban League Salutes President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on Their Historic Election Victory

Los Angeles Urban League Salutes President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on Their Historic Election Victory

by Michael Lawson | Nov 7, 2020 | Politics, President Message

Statement from Michael A. Lawson, President, and CEO of Los Angeles Urban League The Los Angeles Urban League joins with Americans in every state of the Union and leaders and citizens throughout the world in congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice...
Kamala Harris and Black Women Will Shape the Future of Democratic Politics

Kamala Harris and Black Women Will Shape the Future of Democratic Politics

by Michael Lawson | Aug 14, 2020 | Politics, President Message

This week California Senator Kamala Harris, the daughter of two immigrant parents, made history by becoming the first Black woman to join the ticket of a major party and seize the nomination for vice president of the United States. Senator Harris is a proud graduate...
AB5 Misses the Mark as Does Lorena Gonzales’ Tweet

AB5 Misses the Mark as Does Lorena Gonzales’ Tweet

by Michael Lawson | Jun 9, 2020 | Advocacy, Politics

As the head of one of Los Angeles’ longest serving civil rights organizations, I am stunned by California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’ recent tweet in an attempt to support her well-intentioned but flawed legislation AB5:    “Can you imagine if...
Institutionalized Racism is a National Security Threat

Institutionalized Racism is a National Security Threat

by MAL-JDG | May 7, 2020 | Education, Politics, Race

As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical...
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