Category: Project 21 Press Releases
Black Leaders Praise Proposed Food Stamp Work Requirement in Farm Bill
Provision “Compliant” With Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America” Washington, D.C. – A provision of the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” (HR 2, the “Farm Bill”) requiring able-bodied recipients who receive food stamp benefits to ...
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Black Leaders Urge Reduced Police Role in Regulatory Enforcement, Increased Autism Training and Gun Legalization to Improve Community-Police Relations
Costs to be Covered by Disarming Federal Agencies Washington, DC. – To improve community-police relations, police should get out of the regulation business, be given greater training in identifying and dealing with those with autism and other cognitive disabilities, build ...
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A Better Deal for Black Employment Demanded by Black Leaders
Project 21 Calls for Repeal of Discriminatory Laws Hindering Black Economic Prosperity Washington, D.C. – Jim Crow-era regulations created for the express purpose of denying blacks economic opportunity are still on the books and must be repealed to promote black ...
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Black Leaders Ask White House and Congressional Leadership for a “Better Deal” for Black Americans
Project 21 Proposes Bold, Innovative Reforms to Promote Black Opportunity and Prosperity Washington, D.C. – Project 21, the black leadership network, has asked the White House and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office for a “better deal” for African-Americans, urging both ...
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Black Activists Want Government to Investigate Employer-Mandated “Implicit Bias” Workshops
Starbucks Shutdown Prompts Concern That “Racial Bias Training” Programs Actually Violate Civil Rights Non-Minority and Male Employees Could Be Disadvantaged Washington, DC – With the Starbucks chain of coffeehouses planning to shutter over 8,000 locations on May 29 to train ...
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Project 21 Co-Chairman Brings Her Daily Talk Radio Show to More Stations in Southeast
St. Louis, MO/Washington, D.C. - "Stacy On The Right," the daily talk radio program hosted by Project 21 Co-Chairman Stacy Washington, has expanded its reach with the pickup of three new terrestrial radio stations in Georgia and Florida. "It's exciting ...
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Black Activists Praise Trump Welfare Reform Plans
Ambitious Executive Order on "Economic Mobility" Called a "Welcome Development" Project 21 to Issue "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America" Aligning with Aspects of Trump Reform Agenda Washington, D.C. - Calling it a "welcome development that will lead ...
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Black Activists Respond to President Trump’s First State of the Union Address
Trump Congratulated on “Well-Written and Well-Delivered Speech” to “Make Americans Freer, Happier and Even More Prosperous” Washington, D.C. – Following President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are available for ...
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Black Activists Condemn Congressional Liberals for Co-Opting King Holiday
Planned "Teach-Ins" Against Trump Tax Cut Are "Misusing" King Legacy Washington, DC - Attaching their anti-Trump agenda to the upcoming national holiday commemorating the life and accomplishments of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., congressional liberals plan to hijack the ...
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NAACP Protest of “Star-Spangled Banner” Rebuked by Black Conservatives
"Cynical" Attack on National Anthem Divides Nation NAACP Chapter's Demand Contradicts Earlier Claims That Protests Are Not About Flag Washington, D.C. - As the NAACP's California chapter argues that the "Star-Spangled Banner" should be dropped as America's national song because ...
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