Senate Must Improve the House-Passed Justice in Policing Act

YWCA USA joined this letter demanding the Senate make meaningful improvements to the House-passed George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (JPA), as a bipartisan group of legislators look to advance a version of the JPA with deliberate speed.

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We Still Deserve Safety Executive Summary

This YWCA USA executive summary outlines recommendations to advance racial justice and safety measures that protect women and girls of color from harm by law enforcement, school resource officers,i immigration authorities, and other state actors.

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Strengthen The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 (JPA)

YWCA USA joined LCCHR's letter urging Congress to Strengthen The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 (JPA) and include the policy changes our coalition offers in order to perfect this bill and rectify the systemic racism that has taken the lives of countless Black and Brown people.

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Request to Investigate the Death of George Floyd

YWCA USA joined this letter urging the U.S. Department of Justice to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr. Floyd’s death as well as the Minneapolis Police Department’s long history of brutality against Black and Brown individuals in the community it serves.

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Request for a Special Session on the Escalating Situation of Police Violence and Repression of Protests

YWCA USA joined this letter urging members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to convene a Special Session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding grave human rights crisis borne out of the repression of nationwide given the recent history of racist policing in cities across the country that continues with seeming impunity from the killing of Michael Brown and the repression of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, to the murder of George Floyd.

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