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Jun 5, 20240 min read
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May 1, 20243 min read
House Bill 800: Why Senators Should Not Sell Louisiana (Or Any Other State) To Big Business
The State Constitution of Louisiana is not perfect; no state constitution is. But that doesn’t mean state constitutions should be tossed...
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May 1, 20244 min read
How the New Georgia Project Engages Low-Propensity Voters
In 2013, politician and voting-rights activist Stacey Abrams founded the New Georgia Project(NGP), a nonpartisan effort to register,...
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Apr 25, 20242 min read
Organizer Spotlight- Dr. Catherine Robinson
Dr. Catherine Robinson is the program director at One Voice, and she heads up the Energy Democracy/ Environmental Climate Justice...
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Apr 24, 20243 min read
How The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative Is Giving ‘A Voice To The ‘Purposely Ignored’
The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative (BSWC) is a network and advocacy organization committed to empowering Black women serving as...
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Mar 6, 20243 min read
There is Work for Us All to Do; We Can Start By Being Determined to Engage, Vote and Invest
At the end of 2023, I participated in a recorded conversation with several of my colleagues with the Black Southern Women’s...
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Dec 7, 20237 min read
Nine Issues Black Women Organized Around in 2023
Black women are consistently on the frontlines organizing to preserve and strengthen democracy. Below is a reflection from the Black...
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Jun 9, 20232 min read
Grassroots Organizers Celebrate Ruling in Allen v. Milligan Redistricting Case
WASHINGTON – Grassroots organizers across the South today celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling in Allen v. Milligan, declaring that...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative Condemns Criminalization of Protests with “Cop City”
For Immediate Release June 5, 2023 Contact: press@spotlightpr.org ATLANTA – The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative (BSWC) today...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
Black Southern Women’s Collaborative Decries the Expulsion of Black Legislators From the Tennessee
MEMPHIS – The Black Southern Women Collaborative (BSWC) today decried Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives expelling...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
Voting Rights - Georgia, Florida and Tennessee
There is a common and unfair narrative that if we want to experience change in this country, The South is not the place to come or...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
Ashley Shelton Conversation with WTOP
Ashley Shelton, Founder, President and CEO of the Power Coalition says many Black women are disappointed in what's happened to them since...
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