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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and held that race-conscious redistricting under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.


The Court’s decision threatens to further divide our nation and entrench power in the hands of the few. It puts the diversity of our elected bodies and representation of all communities at risk. We will see fair districts across the nation vanish as legislatures aim to gut representation for voters of color without checkpoints from the courts.

We want to be clear: What happens in Louisiana doesn’t have to stay in Louisiana.


This decision was a devastating blow to civil protections by allowing states to use politically motivated gerrymandering to silence Black voters. We must continue the fight.

Will you help us continue the urgent fight to defend our freedom to vote by donating $25 today?

Thank you,

Katy Personette
Chief Development and Grants Officer


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John,


In an unbelievable and heartbreaking decision issued last Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and held that race-conscious redistricting under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.


The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais does more than reshape Louisiana’s state map. What happens in Louisiana doesn’t have to stay in Louisiana. The ruling marks a fundamental shift in the constitutional understanding of equality, voting rights, and Congress's power to enforce the Reconstruction Amendments (13th-15th Amendments). This decision eviscerates our nation’s most sacred voting rights protections; Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Join us in the fight to defend our freedom to vote.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is widely hailed as the “Crown Jewel” of the Civil Rights Movement and has been foundational in the creation of a multiracial democracy. People fought, bled, and died for these protections, and the Supreme Court has whisked those sacrifices away with a 6-3 vote. The Court has once again chosen to encroach on Congress’s authority to enact laws that address racial discrimination by gutting the VRA.


The Court’s decision threatens to further divide our nation and entrench power in the hands of the few. It puts the diversity of our elected bodies and representation of all communities at risk. We will see fair districts across the nation vanish as legislatures aim to gut representation for voters of color without checkpoints from the courts.

The decision is a devastating blow to critical civil rights protections by permitting states to use partisan gerrymandering as a wholesale excuse to deny Black voters a voice in their government.Voters of color should have a fair say in our democracy. Politicians should not choose their voters, voters should choose their politicians. This is a day of shame for the Court.
The work will be more challenging due to this decision, but we were built for this moment. Democracy will not fall on our watch.
Our fight for fair representation for our beloved community members and voters of color nationwide continues.
We do not have to settle for pessimism. We must fight for the future of our multiracial democracy – in our legislatures, in the courts, and at the ballot box. And we will.
We must fight in the federal and state legislatures, in the courts, and at the ballot box for the future of our multiracial democracy. Will you help us fight back and defend our freedom to vote by donating $25 today?


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