“The CROWN movement began in 2019 in collaboration with Dove, National Urban League, Color Of Change and Western Center on Law & Poverty.”
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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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“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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“The national campaign was led by The CROWN Coalition, an alliance of organizations, including founding members Dove, National Urban League, Color of Change, and Western Center on Law and Poverty.”
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“We made a call to action to legislative officials,” she says. “From there, we joined the National Urban League, Color Of Change and the Western Center on Law and Poverty to make it happen.”
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