Van Jones Color Of Change

Following hurricane katrina in 2005 jones and james rucker co founded a web based grassroots organization to address black issues called color of change.

Van jones color of change. Cnn political commentator van jones who commended president trump for his recent executive order on police reform had actually attended secret white house meetings to craft the new measure. Color of change was founded by van jones right shown here at a philadelphia protest of the bail system accompanied by recording artist meek mill. As a national online force driven by 7 million members we move decision makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for black people in america. By august of 1992 i was a communist.

Jones says what makes rashad robinson stand out is that he doesn t use his big tech platform to get people to stand behind him. Color of change was founded by james rucker and van jones in 2005 after hurricane katrina devastated communities of color along the gulf coast. Color of change is the nation s largest online racial justice organization. We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us.

Rashad robinson is the organization s president having. Color of change was founded in 2005 by activists james rucker and van jones shortly after the federal government s feckless response to hurricane katrina left tens of thousands of residents of new orleans many of them poor and black stranded for days without adequate supplies of food water or shelter. It s this philosophical foundation that van jones would incorporate into the creation of color of change.