LWV-US Resolution on Racial Justice

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At its Annual Convention on June 27, 2020, the League of Women Voters (US) adopted a Resolution on Racial Justice for Black People and People of Color. The resolution states:

We Resolve First, That the League advocates against systemic racism in the justice system and, at a minimum, for preventing excessive force and brutality by law enforcement. We also call for prompt actions by all League members to advocate within every level of government to eradicate systemic racism, and the harm that it causes;

We Resolve Second, That the League help our elected officials and all Americans recognize these truths to be self-evident; that Black, Indigenous and all people of color (BIPOC) deserve equal protection under the law; and that we demand solutions for the terrible wrongs done, so that regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, and gender identity or sexual orientation we may truly become a nation "indivisible, with liberty and justice for all".

Read the full text of the Resolution here:

https://www.lwv-rva.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Resolution-on-Racial-Justice-adopted-June-2020.pdf