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Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display Skip to Content Color Of Change helps you do something real about injustice. We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real. JOIN US DONATE menu opener ABOUT Back to main Our Work Our team Contact Us Careers Our Campaigns Back to main Active Campaigns Past Campaigns Create a Campaign Join Us Press DONATE facebook icon twitter icon youtube icon Search submit button The Black Response to COVID-19 See what we're doing -- on economic relief, criminal justice, access to healthcare -- to stand up for our communities and make sure leaders address the ways COVID-19 is hitting Black, Brown, and poor people the hardest. Act Now COVID-19: Protect People in Prison It is not a matter of if but when Coronavirus will hit prisons and jails. Outbreaks will spread like wildfire due to close quarters and unsanitary conditions, endangering everyone inside and out. If federal and state officials act now, they can help protect us all. Join Our Campaign Don't Make the Most Vulnerable Pay for COVID-19 Many people live paycheck to paycheck. With Coronavirus, many part-time, hourly and contract workers will lose months of wages and won't be able to cover basic costs like housing or healthcare. It's time for universal, basic income. Take Action Bail Bonds Are Predatory Lending Join us in telling Canadian company Fairfax Financial Holdings - the largest backer of bail bonds in the US - to divest from the industry. Many other companies have based on the shady lending practices, so often levied against Black people. Take Action Close Parchman Prison in Miss. We're calling on Governor Reeves to fix conditions at Mississippi's oldest prison or close it. 7 people have been murdered in their cells, there’s mold and rodents, 5 men sleeping on a floor, no working toilets. For too long, the problems at Parchman have been ignored. Take Action Stand for Justice, Not Fear Prosecutors and police are launching campaigns to stoke fear and roll back the real progress we've made on ending money bail, restoring the right to vote, and decriminalizing marijuana. See what we're doing to hold onto these wins. Watch Our Video Be Counted in 2020 Black people are one of the least accurately counted populations in the US, which hurts our ability to get funding, programs, and representation in Congress. See what we're doing to make sure we're counted in next year's Census. Take Action 400 Yrs Since Slavery, Black People Are Still Not Free Freedom shouldn't come down to how much money you have. Help us push prosecutors to end money bail and transform the criminal justice system. Be part of history RECENT VICTORIES Coronavirus Response People in Prison Get Free Calls During COVID-19 During this pandemic, it’s so important to stay in touch with loved ones, especially for people in prison where the risk of outbreaks are among the highest in the world. Price-gouging by telecommunication companies who service prisons and jails is a serious problem; the industry scrapes $1.2 billion from poor people and communities of color every year. That’s why Color Of Change launched a campaign to take the burden off and make sure people in federal prisons can call home for free. After 18,000 members spoke up and signed our petition, federal prison officials relented. Now we’re asking leaders at state prisons, county jails, and detention centers across the country to follow suit. social list opener Media Justice LA Times Removes Paywall for COVID-19 Coverage After serious pressure by Color Of Change, the LA Times agreed to drop the paywall around COVID-19 coverage. Public health messages, especially tied to the dangerous pandemic we’re all living under, ought to be available to everyone, not just those able to pay for a subscription. The LA Times first wanted to keep coronavirus articles behind a paywall, but when we organized a number of groups to speak up, they relented. This helps reinforce an industry standard that media companies need to put public health information above corporate profits, especially now – and do everything in their power to make sure people understand how to stay safe, where to get tested, and what to do if they get sick. social list opener Media Justice Barbie Gets Onboard with Black History Dolls are a powerful way children learn about race and identity. When Mattel came out with a Black Barbie modeled after Rosa Parks, we pressed the company to share her full story rather than make a token nod to Black people’s struggle for equality. Mattel had originally whitewashed Parks’s story, saying she “led an ordinary life as a seamstress” until an “extraordinary moment” in 1955 when she refused to sit at the back of the bus. In truth, Parks was a community organizer and tireless fighter for justice for most of her life. Mattel worked with Color Of Change to revise Barbie’s story, giving children a fuller truth about Parks and recognizing women’s contributions to the civil rights movement. social list opener 1 2 3 … 8 go to next page Color Of Change helps people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people, and all people. Until justice is real. Thank you for signing up! Join us IN THE MEDIA Show more May 1, 2020 How We Can Build Power & Accountability in This Moment Join us each week until the pandemic is over as Black leaders talk about the ways we can build power in this moment. We’re proud to partner with Blavity to deliver an honest, Black-led discussion about the pandemic and its impact on Black people. You’ll hear from Color Of Change’s criminal justice, economic justice, voting rights, and media and culture change experts on all the ways coronavirus is affecting us and what we can do about it. social list opener May 1, 2020 Rashad’s New Column on How Coronavirus Is Hurting Black Communities The coronavirus pandemic is impacting every aspect of our society and exposing deep, systemic inequalities that mean Black communities will be hit harder than most. As the news changes minute-to-minute, BET and Color Of Change are teaming up to make sure Black people have the clear and focused information we need to take action, protect ourselves, and support the most vulnerable in our community. social list opener April 29, 2020 Color Of Change Named 1 of 10 “Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Organizations of 2020” Fast Company named Color Of Change first in its “most innovative nonprofits” list for our work with Ava DuVernay on When They See Us—the Netflix series that became a rallying cry to fix our criminal justice system. There are 2,300 elected prosecutors in the U.S. They are the most powerful people in the system. Their local elections often fall under the radar—but we’re working to change that. We already have in cities such as Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston. social list opener April 14, 2020 A Short Jail Stay Could Turn into a Death Sentence During COVID-19 Forbes lifts up our #FreeBlackMamas National Bailout, an effort Color Of Change participates in each year to raise bail funds and bring women home now. So many people in jail are there not because they’ve done anything wrong, but because they can’t afford to pay their way out. Women lose jobs, parental rights, and during the pandemic, staying out of jail is a matter of basic safety. That’s why Forbes features the National Bailout in their COVID-19 Giving Guide. social list opener April 10, 2020 Racial Slurs & Swastikas Fuel Civil Rights Pressure On Zoom As more of daily life moves onto Zoom, harassers have begun taking their racial and sexist slurs there with “Zoombombing.” Color Of Change met with executives at Zoom to expose organized attacks on users and get the company to rel...