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Ashley Harrington

Federal Advocacy Director & Senior Policy Counsel Center for Responsible Lending

Wade Henderson

Interim President ,Principal Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights & Leadership Conference Education Fund; Wade J. Henderson, LLC

Access to higher education is a longstanding civil rights issue. In the past, the exclusion of students of color from college campuses was accepted as standard operating practice — or even legally sanctioned.

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Eliza Sweren-Becker

COUNSEL VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTIONS PROGRAM, BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, voters turned out in record numbers in 2020 — whether they voted in person or absentee.[1] During and after the 2020 election, then-President Trump raised frivolous claims th

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Kimberly Burke

RESEARCH FELLOW CENTER FOR POLICING EQUITY

The survival of Black communities necessitates that we make law enforcement less deadly. The emancipation of Black communities from interlocking systems of oppression necessitates a reconstruction of the concept of safety.

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Eric Holder Jr.

CHAIRMAN NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE

For as long as America has existed, two opposing forces have fought over how we express and confer the rights and privileges of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Those who believe in a more inclusive nation have been countered by those who seek to maintain their own power.

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly

ILLINOIS 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Our country is facing a health care crisis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we watched as some communities experienced skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, complications, and deaths while others had ample supplies of personal protective equipment and mass testing sites.

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