“The campaign to enact the legislation is led by a coalition founded by Dove, the National Urban League, Color Of Change, and Western Center on Law & Poverty. According to the official website, the CROWN Act is a law that “prohibits race-based hair discrimination, which is the denial of employment and educational opportunities because of hair texture or protective hairstyles including braids, locs, twists or bantu knots.”
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“The official campaign pushing the bill to be passed is led by the CROWN Coalition, which was founded by Dove, National Urban League, Color Of Change, and Western Center on Law & Poverty.”
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Dove Just Released a Music Video That Celebrates the Beauty of Natural Hair
“Last year, the brand teamed up with the National Urban League, Color of Change, and Western Center on Law and Poverty — also known as the CROWN Coalition — to pass the CROWN Act, a law that prohibits discrimination based on hair texture and protective hairstyles, like braids, locs, twists, and knots.”
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“The “it’s just hair” mantra also perplexes Courtney McKinney, communications director for the Western Center on Law and Poverty. “For so long in this country black people have been told that how we exist naturally and care for ourselves in order to work or to get an education or to just be is unacceptable. And the psychological damage from that is so profound and so beyond just hair,” she says.”
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“Unilever, Dove’s parent company, is also launching a petition with National Urban League, Color Of Change and Western Center on Law & Poverty to advocate for the CROWN Act, or “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” a legal protection against race-based hair discrimination. They’re also offering their own pledge, asking signees to fight discrimination by educating themselves, challenging discrimination and advocating for “legislative change.”
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Connecticut Just Made Race-Based Hair Discrimination Illegal at School and in the Workplace
“This marks Connecticut as the eighth state to enact the historic bill, which was created by the CROWN Coalition; a group of brands and nonprofit organizations that includes the National Urban League, Western Center, Color of Change, and Dove. The law protects people — specifically Black women in America — from being penalized at school or at work for wearing their hair natural or in protective styles like locs, twists, and braids.”
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Arizona city becomes latest to pass hair discrimination ban
“The ordinance has been part of a national campaign promoted by Dove, the National Urban League, Color Of Change and Western Center on Law and Poverty.”
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The CROWN Act Is Pushing to Protect, and Value, Black Women’s Hair
“The CROWN Coalition, which counts the National Urban League, Color of Change and the Western Center on Law and Poverty, alongside Dove as its members, has been on a mission to support legislative officials in their efforts to see greater adoption of the CROWN Act.”
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The CROWN Act Makes Waves Across The Country To End Hair Discrimination
“Cofounded in 2019 by Dove, the National Urban League, Color of Change and the Western Center on Law & Poverty, the CROWN Coalition has set out to “create a respectful and open world for natural hair” through research, national campaigning and political lobbying.”
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Tracee Ellis Ross And Rep. Ayanna Pressley On Ending Hair Discrimination
“The discussion, powered by Dove, National Urban League and Western Center on Law and Poverty, surrounded a conversation on hair discrimination, and the importance of Black businesses, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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