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	Advancement Project is a democracy and justice action group. Using law, public policy and strategic communications, we act in partnership with local communities to advance universal opportunity, equity and access for those left behind in America. read more »	The November 2008 Presidential Election is drawing near. Advancement Project, is doing all we can to protect voters! We have launched a new online campaign on various social networking sites that will enhance our voter protection work on-the ground. Learn more about the campaign and how it can help your individual or organizational efforts to protect voters. Click Here
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HURRICANE KATRINA Watch "This is My Home," a documentary about the fight for public housing in New Orleans. View the Documentary: Part 1> \| Part 2 > \| Part 3 > Action Alert: Click here to urge members of Congress to join the fight for public housing in New Orleans. More Information: View the information packet on the public housing crisis in New Orleans Click here to read about the federal lawsuit to bring public housing residents back to New Orleans. SUPPORT US WITH A DONATION Help support our work by contributing to Advancement Project.		NEWS AND EVENTS Nearly 600,000 Ohio Voters May Be Disenfranchised Click here to read the press release. Click here to read letter sent to Ohio Secretary of State Advancement Project Releases Right to Vote Report Advancement Project released, In Pursuit of an Affirmative Right to Vote, a preliminary examination of the need to amend the U.S. Constitution in order to explicitly guarantee that all citizens have a fair, equal, and inclusive voice in our democracy. The report indentifies strategies that would be most effective in raising public awareness that the current combination of unduly burdensome procedures, underfunded bureaucracies and partisan officials has created a patchwork of arbitrary practices tending to contract, rather than expand the franchise. Download Report Read Release CAREER OPPORTUNITIES June 13, 2008 Law Fellowship Opportunities for Fall 2009 Summer 2008 Temporary Staff Attorney Local Voter Protection Advocate: Pennsylvania Read More		UPDATES JUST DEMOCRACY BLOG IS BACK! Sparking dialogue and reflection on topics relevant to people of color and inspiring community change remain the highest priorities of the Just Democracy Blog. September 4, 2008 White Americans Becoming Minorities: It’s Mostly Hype August 25, 2008 It’s a tale of two cities in New Orleans August 11, 2008 Prince William Sends its Tired, its Poor-Away RECEIVE UPDATES BY EMAIL Sign up to receive updates by E-mail on programs and activism.