Jun
26

NBJC Celebrates Historic Supreme Court Decisions During Pride Month: “…the fight for justice is not over…”

Washington, DC – The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) celebrates several historic decisions handed down by the United States Supreme Court this week, including the expansion of marriage equality nationwide. In the Obergefell v. Hodges 5-4 ruling, the nation’s highest court stated that all Americans, no matter their gender or sexual orientation, have a constitutional right to marry the person they love in every state of the union. The decision legalizes marriage for same-sex couples in the last 13 states with laws that banned it – Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas.

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Jun
26

Let’s Stop HIV Together: June 27th is National HIV Testing Day

Washington, DC – June 26, 2015 – The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation’s leading civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender (LGBT) people, joins with the nation every year on National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) to highlight the need for every single American to contribute to the fight to end HIV. NHTD reminds us that we all have the power to serve as change agents in our families and local communities by getting tested, getting into care and ending stigma in our families and communities around HIV/AIDS.  This is our opportunity to ALL make a difference!

 

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Jun
26

NBJC Remembers the Lives Lost at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston: “…love will always win over hate.”

Washington, DC – The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) released the following statement today in remembrance of the nine lives lost at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on the evening of June 17, 2015:
 
“Since learning of the horrific attack of hate at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina last week, our hearts at NBJC have been broken. Our nation once again finds itself in the aftermath of a senseless shooting rampage where nine innocent lives have been taken from us. However, this particular tragedy has touched us, significantly, as Black Americans with the racist, disreputable ideology underpinning the murderer’s heart that for centuries has been a plaguing force of hopelessness in our communities.

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May
15

NBJC Stands in Solidarity with Michael Johnson and Calls for an End to the Criminalization of HIV

Washington, DC – May 15, 2015 – The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation’s leading civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, stands in solidarity with Michael L. Johnson, a Black gay man who was found guilty by a St. Charles County, Missouri jury yesterday of one count of “recklessly infecting” a partner with HIV, and three counts of “recklessly exposing” partners to HIV. The verdict from a jury, comprised of 11 white jurors and one Black juror, came after only two hours of deliberation and after just three days of a trial. He now faces life in prison.

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Apr
24

Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General

“NBJC is thrilled that U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch has finally been confirmed by the Senate to become our nation’s next Attorney General. It’s an embarrassment that this well-qualified nominee had to wait 165 days for a vote on the Senate floor, longer than any other nominee in our nation’s history,” said Sharon Lettman-Hicks, NBJC Executive Director & CEO. “Now that she has been confirmed, NBJC looks forward to continuing to work with the Department of Justice under her leadership working on critical issues like profiling, voting rights and equal protection laws for the LGBT community.

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