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Commemorating John Lewis

Posted on by Julia Schwartz
Georgia Congressman John Lewis passed away last week at 80 years old following a fight against pancreatic cancer. Lewis has participated in many battles for voting rights including the Freedom Rides and as a co-leader of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march of the 1960s. Congressman Lewis never gave up fighting for the end to segregation and discrimination even after being arrested over 40 ...
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Facebook Stop Hate For Profit

Posted on by Julia Schwartz
Stop Hate for Profit is a campaign created in the middle of June to pause business advertisements on Facebook and to hold Facebook accountable for the racism that spreads across its platform. Many organizations including NAACP and ADL have joined the effort to essentially stop the hate from spreading across Facebook's vast network. Facebook as neglected to take any actions or personal responsibili...
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NCFCS Applauds the House Passage of “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act”

Posted on by Julia Schwartz
After the recent unjust murder of George Floyd by police force, many in the United States delved into a period of education and research about the continued racism and related issue of police brutality. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, paves the way for police reform and addressing the systemic racism still in existence today. Some of the regul...
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NCFCS Applauds the 5-4 Supreme Court Decision on DACA

Posted on by Julia Schwartz
Supreme Court building
The Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which has protected thousands of immigrants from deportation. DACA was created in 2012 by President Obama to help young people who were illegally living in the United States obtain work permits. These people are known as Dreamers. The Trump administration tried to get rid of this pr...
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NCFCS Applauds the Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions

Posted on by Julia Schwartz
Chief Justice John Roberts recently took the side of the liberal justices again, after voting in their favor on DACA, in a 5-4 vote against a Louisiana abortion law restriction. The law would have closed almost all clinics in the state by banning doctors from performing the abortion procedure who did not have privileges at a hospital close by. Other Conservative justices, namely Justice Clarence T...
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NCFCS Salutes the Mississippi Legislature for the Removal of Confederate Symbol from the Mississippi State Flag

Posted on by Julia Schwartz
This past week Mississippi became the last state in the country to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag. Many see this symbol as representation of the history and heritage of the Southern state during the Civil War. However, this symbol represents an ongoing nod to the unjust slavery of thousands during this time as well as the persistence of violence and racism which many Blac...
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