February 2021
February 22th 2021 Newsletter
Join us in supporting the work of the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)! The Transformative Justice Coalition is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, founded in 2015 by Renowned Civil Rights Leader Barbara R. Arnwine Esq. Board Chair is Daryl D. Jones Esq.
EVENTS: Remember to Join Us Tuesday for TJC’s 5TH ANNIVERSARY Virtual
Forum: Ahmaud Arbery: White Vigilantism, Policing, and
#VOTE4JUSTICE
RSVP: bit.ly/TJC2021
February 23, 2020 @ 6:30 pm EST Tune In Free Event
Be sure to join us LIVE for this wonderful event!
If you missed watching live you can still view the via video of the program at Facebook.com/TJC.DC
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! March 1st, 7:00PM EST Women’s History Month TeleTown Hall “Black Women Leading The Way: Our Vote and The Challenges of 2021!”
An expansive conversation by Black women lea
ders and activists on the marshaling of the Black women’s vote for success, advancing policies and programs addressing Black women’s priorities and the combating the backlash against Black women’s political participation embodied in a new wave of voter suppression legislation. Featured guests include President of the National Organization of Women, Christian Nunes; President of the National Bar Association, CK Hoffler; Former Massachusetts State Senator, Dianne Wilkerson; NBA Young Lawyers Division, Election Protection Chair, Ashley Lee; TJC’sleaders, Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones; and more!
Facebook.com/TJC.DC.
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Lawmakers Brief: Kemp Announces Overhaul of Citizen’s Arrest Statute
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Republican Efforts to RestrictVoting Risk Backfiring on Party
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Democrats usher in election reforms, from anti-discrimination protections to earlier ballot counting
Henrico County voters lined up outside the Eastern Government Center on Nine Mile Road in early October to cast ballots. Henrico also employed ballot drop boxes for those voting early in last year’s election.
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Doris Bunte, a mentor to many
Boston Housing Authority CommonWealth magazine … filed by the Boston chapter of the NAACP in a case led by attorneys Dianne Wilkerson and Barbara Arnwine.) Major media, both local and national.
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/tag/boston-housing-authority/
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Georgia Republicans Are Doubling Down on Racist Voter Suppression
After Black voters turned out in record numbers, the GOP wants to make it harder to vote
Georgia Rep. Barry Fleming next to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in 2019 Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/georgia-republicans-voter-suppression-bill/
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TO HEAR ON MARCH 2nd MAJOR CASE CHALLENGING APPLICATION OF SECTION 2 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
In Brnovich v. DNC and Arizona Republican Party v. DNC, the Supreme Court is considering whether Arizona’s prohibitions on out-of-precinct voting and third party ballot collection violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/brnovich-v-dnc-arizona-republican-party-v-dnc/
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Join us every Tuesday from 12pm – 1pm ET on Igniting Change with Barbara Arnwine Esq and Co-Host Daryl D. Jones Esq
at barbaraarnwine.com or woldcnews.com/listen-live/
Join us in supporting the work of the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)! The Transformative Justice Coalition is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, founded in 2015 by Renowned Civil Rights Leader Barbara R. Arnwine
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