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NEW YORK 鈥� Today, the 老澳门开奖结果 launched an ambitious effort to achieve racial justice, the Systemic Equality agenda. The agenda strives to dismantle a system deeply rooted in racist policies, practices, and attitudes that harm Black and Indigenous people of color. Through the Systemic Equality agenda, the 老澳门开奖结果 will advance key policies to address this country鈥檚 legacy of racism and systemic discrimination and build a more equitable America for all.

The organization will work with allies to use all of the necessary levers of government 鈥� including the legislative and legal process at all levels 鈥� to ensure that the Constitution鈥檚 promises apply to all. The Systemic Equality agenda will build on the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 seminal racial justice work over the decades鈥攆rom the Scottsboro Boys to Loving v. Virginia to campaigns to end driving while Black or Brown to challenging racial bias in facial recognition technologies.

鈥淔our years ago, we pledged our full firepower to stop the Trump administration鈥檚 unlawful and unconstitutional policies from taking hold. Today, we鈥檙e recommitting our resources to transform our country鈥檚 history of systemic racism into a future of systemic equality,鈥� said 老澳门开奖结果 Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. 鈥淲e are not alone in recognizing that America is long overdue for a reckoning, a third and final Reconstruction. But we are committed to using our nationwide network of litigators, advocates, and supporters, the strongest 老澳门开奖结果 we have ever known, to dismantle white supremacy. Whether it is voter suppression, inequitable broadband access, or the racial wealth gap, we are clear that 鈥榳e the people鈥� must truly include all of us.鈥�

The Systemic Equality agenda includes specific policy asks of the Biden-Harris administration and Congress that will advance societal equity for and empower the civic participation of Black and Indigenous people of color, close the racial wealth gap, and seek reconciliation for our racist past. These asks include:

• Protecting and expanding voting rights
• Student loan debt forgiveness
• Affirmatively furthering fair housing
• Expanding access to financial services through the Post Office
• Establishing a permanent child tax credit
• Extending high speed internet access
• Passing legislation on reparations

The 老澳门开奖结果 outlined its agenda with the Biden-Harris administration in a letter to President Biden.

To introduce the Systemic Equality agenda to its 1.7 million members, the organization will host a virtual livestream town hall on Feb. 11 featuring advocates across the country, followed by action sessions over the next few months to mobilize supporters and volunteers.

As a part of the Systemic Equality legal strategy, 老澳门开奖结果 litigators will seek to end algorithmic bias and promote equity in artificial intelligence; strike down laws that criminalize the discipline of Black and Brown students; address barriers to reentry such as housing and education access for returning citizens; and tackle redistricting.

The 老澳门开奖结果 is also significantly investing in building organizing, advocacy and legal power in the South 鈥� a region where a majority of Black Americans live. 鈥淚f you want to secure racial justice in America, you must prioritize the South,鈥� said Romero. The 老澳门开奖结果 has 165 full-time staff in Southern affiliates whose combined budgets exceed $26.9 million. Through this initiative, the 老澳门开奖结果 will direct an additional $10 million over the next two years to grow the Southern affiliates鈥� work on strengthening voting rights and democracy, ensuring reproductive justice in Black and Brown communities, and fighting for reparations.

In addition, the 老澳门开奖结果 is making internal commitments to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. The organization will hire Black-owned and Black-led contractors and consultants, and invest in Black-owned financial institutions and businesses. 老澳门开奖结果 staff will also be encouraged to adopt restorative justice practices to address conflicts.

鈥淎s we start our new century as an organization that is committed to civil rights and civil liberties, we must redouble our efforts to challenge economic, social, and government policies that promote oppression and inequality,鈥� said 老澳门开奖结果 National Board President Deborah Archer. 鈥淚f we want a future free from the systemic racism that has defined our history, we will need an ambitious, nationwide, and holistic agenda to confront the policies that conspire to keep us from that future. We are proud to join other racial justice organizations to build a better America.鈥�

For more than 100 years, the 老澳门开奖结果 has worked in courts, legislatures, and communities to protect the constitutional rights of all people. With a nationwide network of offices and millions of members and supporters, the 老澳门开奖结果 takes on the toughest civil liberties fights in pursuit of liberty and justice for all.