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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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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- Jul 1, 2020
'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...
One Love Global
- Jun 30, 2020
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 25, 2020
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 19, 2020
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,...
One Love Global
- Jun 19, 2020
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...
One Love Global
- Jun 12, 2020
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 11, 2020
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...
One Love Global
- Jun 3, 2020
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...
One Love Global
- May 10, 2020
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...
One Love Global
- May 1, 2020
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...
One Love Global
- Feb 24, 2020
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 20, 2020
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...
One Love Global
- Feb 3, 2020
Black the Vote Campaign Launch Party to Increase Black Voter Turnout
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLACK THE VOTE CAMPAIGN LAUNCH PARTY TO INCREASE BLACK VOTER TURNOUT LANSING, Mich. – February 3, 2020 – One Love...
One Love Global
- Oct 29, 2019
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 21, 2019
MBKGEN Michigan 2019 Youth Summit 'Young, Political, Powerful'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2019 MY BROTHER’S KEEPER AND GIRLS EQUITY NETWORK MICHIGAN – 2019 YOUTH SUMMIT ‘YOUNG, POLITICAL,...
One Love Global
- Sep 11, 2019
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...
One Love Global
- Oct 25, 2018
MBKGEN Michigan 2018 Youth Summit 'Young Political Powerful'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sarah Gettel sarah@oneloveglobal.org MY BROTHER’S KEEPER AND GIRLS EQUITY NETWORK MICHIGAN – 2018...
One Love Global
- Apr 14, 2018
If Water is Life, the State of Michigan Must Restore Delivery to Flint
by Angela Waters Austin Black Lives Matter Michigan stands with our friends and family in Flint in the ongoing fight for safe and clean...
One Love Global
- Sep 12, 2017
MSU partners on community change project
MSU, City of Lansing, One Love Global Inc. and Capital Region Community Foundation will come together for a Truth, Racial Healing and...
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