“The effort represents a collaboration between Dove, the National Urban League, Color of Change, and the Western Center on Law and Poverty.”
Oregon’s new CROWN Act explicitly prohibits raced-based hair discrimination
“A total of 14 states have passed the CROWN Act or legislation inspired by it, according to the CROWN Coalition, a group of national organizations founded by Dove, National Urban League, Color of Change and the Western Center on Law & Poverty. ”
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Banning Hair Discrimination Emerges as Racial Justice Issue
“The campaign to pass the CROWN Act in every state and Congress began in 2019, when Dove, which makes shampoo and other personal care products, and advocacy groups the National Urban League, Color of Change and the Western Center on Law and Poverty co-founded a coalition to press for the hair anti-discrimination law. The law clarifies that Black people should be allowed to wear their hair as it grows naturally and not be forced to use chemicals to relax or straighten it.”
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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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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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Tracee Ellis Ross, Ayanna Pressley advocate for Black beauty businesses with Color Of Change
“In collaboration with Dove, National Urban League and Western Center on Law and Poverty, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and other elected officials have pushed to pass the CROWN ACT.”
Tracee Ellis Ross, Ayanna Pressley advocate for Black beauty businesses with Color Of Change
InHAIRitance: Tracee Ellis Ross, Ayanna Pressley and Color Of Change Advocate for Small Black Beauty Businesses and the CROWN Act
“In collaboration with Dove, National Urban League, and Western Center on Law and Poverty — Color Of Change, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Rep. Leslie Herod, Senator Cory Booker, and other elected officials have pushed for the passage of The CROWN Act—a crucial and necessary step toward full protection for Black people throughout the country from hairstyle discrimination in schools and workplaces, and its residual effects.’
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An anti-discrimination bill to protect Black hair and hairstyles will be prefiled in January
“The CROWN Coalition is an alliance of organizations, including founding members Dove, National Urban League, Color Of Change and Western Center on Law and Poverty. The coalition is trying to get the Crown Act passed in all 50 states.”
An anti-discrimination bill to protect Black hair and hairstyles will be prefiled in January
States are banning discrimination against black hairstyles. For some lawmakers, it’s personal.
“Twenty-five other states, including Massachusetts, Illinois and Connecticut, have also introduced hair discrimination bills, according to the Crown Coalition, which includes the civil rights groups Color of Change, the National Urban League and the Western Center on Law & Poverty, as well as the beauty brand Dove.”
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