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Together, we can mobilize Black voters and combat suppression, ensuring voices in Black communities are heard and reflected at the polls
Black the Vote is a campaign and call to action, encouraging civic engagement, voter turnout, and uplift issues impacting Black communities. Black the Vote is led by One Love Global in partnership with the Movement for Black Lives and Black Lives Matter.

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The Climate Reality Project awards nearly $200,000 to 10 Grassroots Environmental Justice orgs
The Climate Reality Project is awarding individual grants of up to $20,000 to 10 organizations leading the fight for environmental and...
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Jun 2, 2021
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Engaging and Empowering Communities to Fight for Climate Justice
The climate crisis is no longer a future or far-away threat that is hard to visualize. No, we see the reality of global warming virtually...
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Jun 2, 2021
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BLM Community Leader Stands By Call For Lansing Mayor To Resign, Demands More Transparency
Many government and business leaders pledged to increase diversity and accountability following the police killing of George Floyd....
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Feb 1, 2021
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After Biden win, Black activists demand reparations for slavery, police reform
When President-elect Joe Biden addressed supporters last week to accept the highest office in the land, he took a moment to thank one...
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Nov 13, 2020
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Detroiter finding common ground with others through community organizing
During her junior year at Detroit's Cody High School, Ragine Head made a commitment to confront issues such as neighborhood...
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Oct 19, 2020
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Black drivers stopped nearly twice as often as white drivers in Lansing
"It is nearly impossible to solve a problem that you don't acknowledge exists," said Angela Waters Austin, CEO of One Love Global and a...
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Jul 9, 2020
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'Black the Vote': Initiative pushes for reform and community action in policy, at the polls
As hundreds gathered on the Capitol lawn June 29 for the Black Lives Matter rally, setting up tables and chairs, tents and cool-down...
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Jul 1, 2020
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1st BLM-organized rally brings thousands to Lansing in peaceful celebration of Black lives
At the largest rally yet in defense of Black lives in Lansing, thousands of attendees gathered on a hot Monday afternoon for four and a...
One Love Global
Jun 30, 2020
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Sit-in against racism set for Saturday at state Capitol
Tamilikia Foster, a nurse at McLaren Greater Lansing, since 2005, has been bitterly stung by racism and police brutality, but she still...
One Love Global
Jun 25, 2020
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40 organizations are demanding equity for people of color in Lansing. Here’s what they want
Derrick Knox knew now was the time to address equity in health care, the criminal justice system and other institutions in Lansing. Knox,...
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Jun 19, 2020
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On Juneteenth, this mostly Black women-led group was fighting to end systemic racism
A mostly Black women-led panel of public health experts recognized the irony: They were announcing their plans to fight systemic racism...
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Jun 19, 2020
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Community activists explain what local calls to defund the police mean
Growing calls to defund the police are coming out of protests nationwide including in Lansing. Paul Birdsong and Sheretta Collins have...
One Love Global
Jun 12, 2020
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Angela Waters Austin is ‘unapologetically Black’ and fighting for racial equity in Lansing
Angela Waters Austin believes God spoke to her. She and her team prayed and then prepared for an online Black Lives Matter forum that...
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Jun 11, 2020
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Ingham leaders pledge to label racism a public health crisis
Ingham County officials are working to declare racism a public health crisis. Commissioner Derrell Slaughter, D-Lansing, said it is his...
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Jun 3, 2020
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The Power of Messaging During a Pandemic
by Angela Waters Austin Let’s examine the language we use when we share information about our neighbors surviving COVID-19. ( I am...
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May 10, 2020
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It’s MayDay for Black Lives
by Angela Waters Austin MayDay! MayDay! MayDay! is the universal distress call used around the world. Right now, as the world celebrates...
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May 1, 2020
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This Lansing group wants to elect a president who will do ‘less harm’ to black people
Angela Waters Austin knows the history of the south Lansing neighborhood where her nonprofit, One Love Global, has its office. As a...
One Love Global
Feb 24, 2020
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Campaign launches to boost black voter turnout
On Saturday, several organizations gathered in East Lansing to launch the Black The Vote campaign. Their goal is to increase the number...
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Feb 20, 2020
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MBK/GEN Summit At LMC Aims To Empower, Engage Youth
Give young people the right tools, and they’ll get engaged in their future, and speak truth to power. Those are just two aims of the...
One Love Global
Oct 29, 2019
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Angela Waters Austin On The Movement for Black Lives Electoral Justice Project
Release date: 11 September 2019 The Movement for Black Lives Electoral Justice Project for our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives...
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Sep 11, 2019
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