It’s hard to believe that in 2016 we have to defend access to birth control coverage. But we do. And we need your help.
This spring the Supreme Court deadlocked in Zubik v. Burwell, a major birth control case that would allow certain bosses to use their religion to make it more difficult, if not impossible, for women to get the birth control coverage they need.
Here’s where you come in. In response to the Court’s order, the Department of Health and Human Services is asking for input from the public about the importance of birth control coverage. We need you to submit your comment to make sure we’re heard loud and clear: everyone deserves access to birth control coverage, no matter where they work or go to school.
Next weekend, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will open its doors to the public. To celebrate this historic occasion we are holding a One-Day Giving Campaign.
Your gift today will ensure the future of our programs and exhibitions, so that we can share the African American experience with the world.
This is truly an historic moment, and this Museum is finally a reality. Make a donation by midnighttonightand your donation will be DOUBLED, thanks to the generous support of our Giving Day Sponsor, Hyundai Motor Cars.
You can share the excitement of NMAAHC Giving Day with your friends and family using #GiveNMAAHC. Through your support, we can make history together.
The Department of Justice, the Department of the Army, and the Department of the Interior today called for a stop to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline while also calling for national reform to “ensure meaningful tribal input” on infrastructure projects.
The Department of Justice emphasized that “important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations and their members regarding the Dakota Access pipeline specifically, and pipeline-related decision-making generally, remain.” As a result the Army will not authorize construction of the pipeline “on Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe until it can determine whether it will need to reconsider any of its previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe site under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal laws.”
Thank you for supporting the hundreds of tribes and thousands of tribal members who stood up in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
“Our voices have been heard,” said David Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, to the press. “The Obama administration has asked tribes to the table to make sure that we have meaningful consultation on infrastructure projects.”
But the fight to protect sacred sites and the water source for 17 million people who rely on the Missouri River isn’t over.
“I want to take a moment and reflect on this historic moment in Indian Country,” said Archambault. “But I know that our work is not done. We need to permanently protect our sacred sites and our water. There are areas on the construction route that do not fall within federal jurisdiction, so we will continue to fight.”
Thank you for being part of this victory and for standing with the Tribe as the fight continues to protect the land.
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