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There is No Place for Age Discrimination in Voting
The Andrew Goodman Foundation's Chief Counsel for Voting Rights, Yael Bromberg, demands that absentee voting in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky, be made available to all voters regardless of age.
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UW journalism student interviews NAACP president on ‘Meet the Press: College Roundtable’
Andrew Goodman Ambassador and University of Wisconsin student Tamia Fowlkes talks with NAACP President Derrick Johnson on how students can make meaningful change and hold their leaders accountable, and the importance of policy advocacy amidst the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Justice Department Must Investigate Murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
The Andrew Goodman Foundation joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and over 200 other organizations to demand full transparency from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the findings from its criminal investigation into George Floyd’s death and an investigation into the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
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New Report by Constitutional Scholars Blasts Texas’ Limit on Mail-In Voting as Discriminatory
The Andrew Goodman Foundation, constitutional scholars and voting-rights group releases "Age Discrimination in Voting at Home" study, challenging Texas and six other states for violating the 26th amendment.
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George Floyd’s killing resurrects nightmares for families of civil rights martyrs
For the Goodmans, survivors of racial violence and their family members, the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black Americans mirrors the racial hatred and violence of the past, and is a stark reminder that the work towards racial justice is not over.
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400+ Civil Rights Organizations Urge Congressional Action on Police Violence
The Andrew Goodman Foundation joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 400 other organizations to demand that Congress rectifies the legacy of white supremacy and anti-black racism that has led to police violence against Black people across our country by passing meaningful police reform legislation.
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#SayTheirNames
Join The Andrew Goodman Foundation in honoring George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and countless other Black lives lost to systemic racism by taking a stand against injustice and hate.
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Campus given ‘Elite Leader’ status by Andrew Goodman Foundation
Western Carolina University Vote Everywhere Team's voter registration and education efforts continues to designate the campus as a state and national leader for student voting.
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Rock the Vote launches virtual summer initiative to register 200,000 voters
The Andrew Goodman Foundation recently became a partner for Democracy Summer 2020. Democracy Summer is Rock The Vote's summer-long initiative aimed at registering 200,000 new voters.
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On the Frontlines of Democracy
Despite serious attempts to postpone the 2020 Wisconsin Primary Election in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remained unchanged, and voters found themselves choosing between their health and their right to vote. Tamia Fowlkes, an Andrew Goodman Ambassador at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tells her Election Day story.
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