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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 05,2023
What’s Happening In The Supreme Court?
By Team When We All Vote, whenweallvote.org Continued from Page 1
What did the U.S. Supreme
Court rule in
Moore v. Harper?
In a 6-3 decision, the
Supreme Court rejected the
independent state legislature
theory, which would have giv
en state legislatures largely un
checked power to set rules for
federal elections and radically
shaped how elections are con
ducted.
How do these decisions
impact me?
These decisions are a
critical win for our democracy,
and they have nationwide im
plications. They will impact
redistricting in states and af
fect how voters cast their bal
lots. Voting is the investment
that we make every year for
our community and our future
— and these cases are a step
forward in making sure every
American can make their voice
heard and their vote count
ed, especially those who have
been historically discriminated
against in our political process.
What else has the U.S.
Supreme Court been up to?
While we celebrate
the victories on voting rights,
the Supreme Court also issued
rulings last week that impact
our rights as citizens and ac
cess to opportunity. The Court
ruled on three other signifi
cant topics: affirmative action
(Students for Fair Admission
v. Harvard and Students for
Fair Admission v. Universi
ty of North Carolina - https://
bit.ly/3JGP4E6), student loans
(Biden v. Nebraska - https://bit.
ly/448kED7), and LGBTQ+
rights (303 Creative v. Ele-
nis - https://bit.ly/3PHGFnM).
These decisions have reversed
decades of precedent and dis
mantled a critical tool used to
fight discrimination, blocked
the Biden administration’s
student loan forgiveness pro
gram, and provided businesses
a far-reaching and dangerous
license to discriminate.
Our democracy is
still under attack, and Supreme
Court decisions like these are
directly impacted by your vote.
When you cast a ballot for the
President or your senators,
you are choosing the public
officials who will nominate
and confirm the next Supreme
Court justices.
One way you can
make a difference is by check
ing your voter registration and
reminding a friend to do the
same. Visit https://bit.ly/3Dh-
lJdz.
Because for democra
cy to work for all of us, it must
include all of us.
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NNPA Wraps Convention in Nashville with
Powerful Messages
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia Continued from Page 1
L-R: Reverend Mark Thompson, Karen Carter-Richards, Justin Jones and
Dr. Benjamin Chavis
A workshop on en
gaging the next generation
through culture and building
pathways between the Black
Press and the next generation
through education included
conversations with Houston
Forward Times Business Man
ager Chelsea Lenora White,
and Jarren Small, the CEO of
Educational Entertainment and
Reading with a Rapper. The
workshop stressed the impor
tance of solving the nation
al literacy issue to reach the
next generation and provided
publishers and attendees with
solutions to reach an untapped
market: schools. Small and
Dr. Chavis then discussed the
“Black Press State of Emer
gency Response through Hip
Hop, Education, and Literacy,”
during a fireside chat.
The Google News
Initiative presented “3 Trends
to Grow Ad Revenues in 2023”
with the global program man
ager Tina Xiao. Xiao briefed
attendees on the top trends in
ad revenue and Google prod
ucts aimed at helping acceler
ate publishers’ digital transfor
mation.
Longtime NNPA
partner General Motors hosted
a lunch discussion on “Cultur
al Capital with Diverse Con
sumers Through Storytelling,”
moderated by David Milledge,
GM’s multicultural marketing
manager. It included panelists
Brandy Merriweather and Tif
fany Greene, both HBCU al
ums.
The Los Angeles
Sentinel later presented “Dig
ital Transformation, Staying
Accessible and Relevant to
Readers,” powered by Intuit,
and featuring Niele Ander
son, the Sentinel’s Daily Brief
host. Tania Mercado, the senior
manager of communications at
Intuit, and Derrick Plummer,
the company’s director of cor
porate communications, served
as panelists. They discussed
the challenges of transform
ing print to digital and how to
accelerate that transformation
and overcome some of those
challenges.
" The NNPA Fund
handed out its Messenger
Awards, honoring the best of
Black newspapers. The Sac
ramento Observer won 16
awards, including Publisher of
the Year for Larry Lee.
Chavis also inter
viewed Jessie Wolley-Wilson,
the president, and CEO of
DreamBox Learning, on em
phasizing mathematics in ed
ucation. Dr. Wilford T. Ussery
then presented “Mathematics
and Education for Black Amer
ica.” Diageo produced the vid
eo “Introducing Multicultural
Consortium for Responsible
Drinking,” presented by Sheila
Thorne.
Also, Zillow present
ed “Housing Trends in Black
America,” with Tyrone Law,
the senior public relations spe
cialist delivering with a focus
on the current state of hous
ing, including homeownership
rates, home values and oth
er trends affecting the Black
community. Keith Collins, the
owner, and CEO of BlackOps
LLC, presented “Empowering
Minority-Owned Small Busi
nesses to be Cyber Aware.”
Minnesota Attorney General
Keith Ellison proved a crowd
pleaser with his topic, “Ending
the Cycle of Police Violence in
America.”
Google Tech Trans
formation Lab presented a
Q&A where publishers and at
tendees could learn more about
how they could become a part
of Transformation Tech, a new
program helping news publish
ers achieve digital transforma
tion through top-tier coaching
and $20K in funding from the
Google News Initiative. Reyn
olds hosted a lunch panel on
“When Good People Write
Bad Public Policy: Stop the
FDA Menthol Ban,” a session
that expounded on the lived
experiences and expertise of
the nation’s leading Black law
enforcement professionals and
community leaders on the un
intended consequences of bans
and prohibitions.
Bobby Henry, the
publisher of the Westside Ga
zette in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
won election as NNPA Chair
man, succeeding Richards,
the publisher of the Houston
Forward Times. During the
NNPA’s Legacy Awards and
Gala Dinner, the organization
honored Attorney General El
lison along with Tennessee
State Representatives Jus
tin Jones and Justin Pearson.
Grammy winner Keith Wash
ington closed the gala with a
mini-concert.
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