Linda Sarsour

Jetpac, CAIR, MPower Change Release Preliminary Snapshot of American Muslim Candidates in 2020 Election Cycle

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Friday, November 6, 2020
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Snapshot: 110 candidates were on 2020 general election ballots across 24 states and Washington D.C., which is thehighest number since the 3 organizations started mapping the electoral progress of politicians who identifyas Muslim.

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  • Snapshot: 110 candidates were on 2020 general election ballots across 24 states and Washington D.C., which is thehighest number since the 3 organizations started mapping the electoral progress of politicians who identifyas Muslim.
  • "Muslim Americans are celebrating the election of members of our community across this country - from the school boards to the halls of Congress," saidLinda Sarsour, executive director of MPower Change.
  • Fifty-seven of the one hundred and ten candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots won or are projected to win their elections.
  • Jetpac, CAIR, and MPower plan to release a list of all 2020 local, primary, and general election candidates who publicly identify as Muslim after general election results have been certified.

Until Freedom To Hold Press Conference at The Kingdom Fellowship on Thursday, August 13 In Response to LMPD's Latest Assault on Constitutional Rights.

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Thursday, August 13, 2020
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Until Freedom along with partners and community leaders will hold a Press Conference at The Kingdom Fellowship on Thursday, August 13, to respond unequivocally to the Louisville Metro Police Department's recent arbitrary announcement that protests are no longer allowed in the streets.

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  • LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Until Freedom along with partners and community leaders will hold a Press Conference at The Kingdom Fellowship on Thursday, August 13, to respond unequivocally to the Louisville Metro Police Department's recent arbitrary announcement that protests are no longer allowed in the streets.
  • A major announcement will be made on Until Freedom's "Occupy Kentucky" Plans, where national activists are taking residency in Louisville, KY for the foreseeable future to demand justice for Breonna Taylor.
  • This comes after witnessing the federal response to nonviolent protests in Portland, Albuquerque, Seattle, and New York, where secret police are engaging in alarming efforts to stifle dissent.
  • WHO: Until Freedom Co-Founders, Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Mysonne Linen, Angelo Pinto, Esq., Reverend Stephen A.

Tamika Mallory Of Until Freedom Criticizes The California District Attorneys Association's Request For The NFL To Pull Stephon Clark PSA

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Until Freedom, a racial justice organization co-founded by leading activists Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour, hip-hop artist Mysonne Linen and civil rights attorney Angelo Pinto, today criticized the California District Attorneys Association's request for the NFL to pull its Stephon Clark PSA .

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Until Freedom, a racial justice organization co-founded by leading activists Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour, hip-hop artist Mysonne Linen and civil rights attorney Angelo Pinto, today criticized the California District Attorneys Association's request for the NFL to pull its Stephon Clark PSA .
  • The league's Inspire Change platform initially released the educational PSA in late-July that shed light the 2018 murder of Sacramento's Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard.
  • However, citing a "misrepresentation of facts," the California District Attorneys Association made the request on Aug. 4 to axe the Inspire Change public service announcement immediately.
  • "The CDAA has one set of facts, but our facts are clear Stephon Clark was unarmed, he was innocent and he was murdered in his grandmother's yard," said Mallory.

Lights for Liberty Approaches 600 Events Worldwide; SEIU, American Federation of Teachers, 150+ Others are Sponsors

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Monday, July 8, 2019
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Ravi Raghbir, Linda Sarsour and Rosie O'Donnell are among those expected to speak at the NYC Lights for Liberty Vigil.

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  • Ravi Raghbir, Linda Sarsour and Rosie O'Donnell are among those expected to speak at the NYC Lights for Liberty Vigil.
  • Randi Weingarten, President of American Federation of Teachers, said: "We are teachers, nurses and others who work to help others every day.
  • "Lights for Liberty is a chance for the world to show this administration that it will not tolerate these atrocities for a moment longer.
  • About Lights for Liberty: Lights for Liberty was created by a loose coalition of grassroots activists, with support from long-standing immigrants' rights organizations and other organizers.