LAST DAY TO VOTE!

This is the LAST day to vote in the Pepsi competition! Vote online at this link http://pep.si/vJ5mgy PLUS text once a day 110401 to 73774. Let's give this a final huge push for multiracial advocacy!  Thank you for your continued support.

WE NEED YOU TO DELIVER THE VOTES!

“Don’t ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you can promise.”
Lou Holtz		Please vote daily online at this link pep.si/vJ5mgy PLUS once a day by texting 110401 to 73774. With your help we can make a difference!

It's a Dog Eat Dog World

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Federal Funding

Did you know that Project RACE does NOT take funding from any government? That way no one can dictate who we help or who we hold accountable for making policy that is not in the best interest of multiracial people. We can be independent in our advocacy and we like it this way just fine. But, that means we need funding from individual donors, corporate sponsors, foundations, and grantors for equal civil rights that include multiracial children, teens, adults and our families.

All We Want For Christmas....

All we want for Christmas is your vote!

The Pepsi grant voting will end on December 30! That is ONE week from today.

We are ranked well, but it’s not enough. The grant would help fund much needed programs for multiracial children, teens, adults and our families. We can increase awareness with your help.

This is the LAST time Pepsi is giving funding to organizations like ours in this way. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

Get people to take out their cell phones and text votes to us after your holiday dinners!

Home for the holidays? Vote!

Teach your family members and friends how to vote! Yes, that means grandparents, too.

Post the voting on your Facebook and Twitter pages. Ask people to vote!

At a party? At a store? At a public place? How about a vote-in? How fun!

See the instructions below.

Please vote daily online at this link pep.si/vJ5mgy PLUS once a day by texting 110401 to 73774. With your help we can make a difference!

From Project RACE and Teen Project RACE, we wish you the Merriest of Holidays and Happiness for the New Year!

Susan Graham                                    Kendall Baldwin

Executive Director                               President

Project RACE                                     Teen Project RACE

susangraham@projectrace.com             teenprojectrace@projectrace.com      

www.projectrace.com                          www.projectrace.com

Blog: projectrace@blogspot.com

***See the videos on the Project RACE YouTube Channel***

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HATE-CRIME UPDATE

The man accused of a hate crime against an interracial family and their two multiracial children in San Francisco has pleaded guilty to a charge of felony battery. He admitted to the hate-crime allegations. We have been told that his exact words were, “Get those nigger babies off the street.”   

Hosea Matavao will be sentenced to three years of probation with credit served for time in custody. Matavao will also receive an order to stay 150 yards away from all victim four victims. He will remain in jail until the formal sentencing on December 28, 2011 when he will be released back into society. Project RACE is pursuing more information in this case with the district attorney.  

MULTIRACIAL GRANDCHILDREN?

We have started an area in the AARP message boards for grandparents of multiracial and biracial grandchildren! Please join in the discussion at 
http://www.aarp.org/online-community/forums.action/relationships_friends-family_biracial-multiracial-grandchildren

Vote for Project RACE!

The Pepsi site is taking votes all weekend and until December 31. Please vote daily online at this link pep.si/vJ5mgy PLUS once a day by texting 110401 to 73774. With your help we can make a difference in the lives of multiracial children!

Pepsi Site Down for Updating

Pepsi site is DOWN as of now. Texts ARE going through. Please text for us now and vote online later! http://pep.si/vJ5mgy or text 110401 to 73774. With your help, we can win this important competition!

Racist Online Story reported by New York Daily Post

A Tea Party group in Kansas is coming under fire for comparing America's first multiracial president to a smelly, black-and-white pest.
This week, the Hutchinson-based Patriot Freedom Alliance posted a photo of a skunk next to President Obama, arguing the animal has replaced the eagle as the symbol for the commander in chief.
"It is half black, half white, and almost everything it does stinks," the group wrote.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People immediately blasted the post.
Darrell Pope, head of the local branch, told the Hutchinson News that the remarks were "a blatant statement of racism. It's intended to be malicious."
Thomas Hymer, who runs the website, defended the Obama reference, calling it "satire in a politically incorrect form."
But the image and text were taken down from the website on Monday.
Requests for comment from the Patriot Freedom Alliance were not immediately returned.
With News Wire Services

We need your help with the Pepsi grant!

Click link below for new information about the grant. Please vote for us!

http://www.projectrace.com/new/pepsirefresh-grant-support-multiracial-advocacy/

US Census Bureau Motto?

Statistics mean never having to say you're certain.

Reminder

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The Advocacy

New "guidance" on Race Factors in Schools

Federal civil rights officials last week said that school districts and colleges and universities may legally consider race when making decisions about school assignments, admissions and other programs that are designed to increase diversity and reduce racial isolation.
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education jointly released the new, more flexible guidelines that are meant to clear up confusion on how and when race can be considered in the wake of three earlier U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Interesting article on multiracial Asians

Some multiethnic Asians don't check "Asian" on college applications, believe it will improve chances for admission http://bit.ly/tm8IYj

Fact of the Day

^{About 9 million people in the United States identified themselves as multiracial (of two or more races) on the 2010 census. Experts think the actual number is far higher.} 

Vote, Vote, Vote!

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HATE-CRIME CHARGES BROUGHT

A man has been held since late October on a racially motivated attack on an interracial family and their two multiracial children in San Francisco. Hosea Matavao was charged with three counts of assault, one count of endangering a child and one count of battery, according to the district attorney. He has pleaded not guilty.

We have been in touch with the DA's office. Four of the five charges have hate-crime allegations attached. Matavao 's original hearing was moved to December 6. Project RACE will continue to monitor this case.

We need your help!

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You can help!

Dear Friend of Project RACE,

We are in the running for the Pepsi grant! The grant would fund much needed programs.  

People can vote once per day for us through the month of December. The link is below. We need your help. Please share it with everyone you can--friends, co-workers, church and civic groups, students, and anyone else you can think of. Please post it on your Facebook and Twitter pages. Think creatively and go get those votes! Thank you on behalf of Project RACE and Teen Project RACE members.

http://www.refresheverything.com/project-race

Susan Graham

Executive Director

Project RACE

susangraham@projectrace.com

www.projectrace.com

Church Rejects Interracial Couple

In a move to "promote greater unity" among its body and the Pike County community it serves, a small Kentucky church voted to ban interracial couples from membership and from participating in certain worship activities, Kentucky.com reports.