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Civil rights leader Ben Jealous is on a mission to ensure Black men get out to vote in midterm...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe People For the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization, found in 2020 that Black men...
Why the Sierra Club's Ben Jealous is Targeting Red States
Time via Yahoo News· 12 months agoBen Jealous says he wants to revamp the Sierra Club to expand its presence in red states. Credit -...
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous will hold discussion and signing of his new book in Hampton...
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBen Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, will be giving a talk at Hampton’s American Theatre Monday on racial injustice and the future of politics in the United States. Jealous will ...
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The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Sierra Club named Ben Jealous as its next executive director. Jealous previously was president and CEO of the NAACP and most recently led progressive...
National environmentalist, civil rights leader to visit Shiloh community
WDHN Dothan via Yahoo News· 4 months agoELBA, Ala. (WDHN) — The executive director of the Sierra Club and Civil Rights leader Ben Jealous will be in the Shiloh community to get a first-hand look at what residents are calling environmental ...
Civil rights leaders hoped for Biden meeting ahead of March on Washington anniversary that never...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFifty-nine years ago on Aug. 28, throngs of mostly Black people mobilized and convened in...
On this MLK Day, why the fight for environmental justice is the fight that matters
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Kenneth Hahn State Recreational Area. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los...
Environmental justice, protecting wild places are on the agenda for new Sierra Club leader
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBen Jealous hiked South Mountain park in Phoenix as part of his tour through the country to meet with local leaders of the Sierra Club. It was his first time in the state since taking on a new ...
Sierra Club endorses Maine publicly owned utility ballot question
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 29—A ballot measure that calls for the creation of a public utility in Maine has received an endorsement from the Sierra Club. Ben Jealous, executive director of the national environmental ...
Democratic group unveils 15-state push to turn out Black male voters
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Democratic advocacy group on Monday announced a new initiative in 15 states to push to mobilize...