Actor, Omar Epps, and voting rights activist, Desmond Meade, demand prison reform and call out the corruption that has made incarceration a for-profit game in the new short film, Unbreaking America: Justice for Sale produced by RepresentUs. NEW YORK – America locks up more people than any nation in the world: a horrifying 2.3 million. […]
Amendment 4 Leader, Desmond Meade, Expresses Disappointment with the Supreme Court’s Decision to Temporarily Block Florida Returning Citizens from Voting
“At the heart of this debate are hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, and all parts of the state,” said Desmond Meade, Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. “People who a federal judge said should vote in this election, but that our own government is now blocking.” “We are […]
Award-Winning New Film “Let My People Vote” Being Used as Rallying Call for Youth to Participate in Midterm Elections
Poignant film becoming rallying call for youth to participate in the midterm elections LOS ANGELES – While media pundits and other experts debate the impact Russia had on the 2016 election, a riveting short documentary exposing the harsh voter suppression laws that prohibit 6.1 million Americans from voting, “Let My People Vote,” is fast becoming […]
Youth Organizer and Policy Advocate, Sheena Meade, Announces Candidacy for Florida House District 46
Orlando, FL – Determined to infuse new ideas and energy into the Florida House of Representatives, Orlando area student, activist, and mother, Sheena Meade, recently filed to run for Florida House District 46. In a quest that would make her the youngest African-American woman in central Florida elected to the Florida House of Representatives, the […]