{"id":517746,"date":"2026-11-04T01:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/517746\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T01:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:44:22","slug":"oakland-naacp-bwopa-speak-out-against-alleged-harassment-of-black-women-political-leaders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/517746\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland NAACP, BWOPA Speak Out Against Alleged Harassment of Black Women Political Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring a Special Fireside Chat with 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Sixty-three years after the bombing of Birmingham\u2019s Sixteenth Street Baptist<\/p>\n

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Church shocked the conscience of the nation, Sarah Collins Rudolph\u2014known as the \u201cFifth Little\u00a0Girl\u201d\u2014will join the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) for a special Fireside Chat examining the enduring connection between the civil rights struggle of 1963 and the battle for voting and civil rights in 2026.\n<\/p>\n

The Fireside Chat, hosted in partnership with Attorney A. Scott Bolden of Reed Smith, LLP, will be a\u00a0featured part of TJC\u2019s 2026 Voting Rights Champion Awards Reception, held in commemoration of the September 15, 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.\n<\/p>\n

Collins Rudolph survived the bombing that killed four young girls, including her sister, Addie Mae Collins, and left her seriously injured. During this extraordinary conversation, she will share her firsthand experience of the bombing, its lifelong impact, and her continuing struggle for justice.\n<\/p>\n

Her appearance comes at a consequential moment for voting and civil rights in America and offers a living reminder that the struggle against racial hatred, disenfranchisement, and injustice is not simply a chapter of history. Under the theme \u201cYesterday Is Today: The Battle for Voting and Civil Rights in 2026,\u201d the evening will connect the sacrifices of the Civil Rights Movement with the continuing responsibility to protect voting rights and advance justice today.<\/p>\n

\"Dhameera<\/a>TrendingDhameera Carlotta Ahmad, 67<\/a><\/p>\n

WHAT: Transformative Justice Coalition 2026 Voting Rights Champion Awards Reception\n<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday Is Today: The Battle For Voting And Civil Rights In 2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Featuring a Special Fireside Chat with 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph\n<\/p>\n

WHO: Barbara Arnwine, Esquire, Founder\/President\/Co-Leader, Transformative Justice Coalition\n<\/p>\n

Daryl D. Jones, Esquire, Board Chair\/Co-Leader, Transformative Justice Coalition\n<\/p>\n

Sarah Collins Rudolph, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor\n<\/p>\n

A. Scott Bolden, Esquire, Reed Smith, LLP; Sponsor of the Fireside Chat and Reception\n<\/p>\n

WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Location will be emailed to registrants 48 hours before the event.\n<\/p>\n

WHY: Attorney Barbara Arnwine, the President & Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC), and Attorney Daryl Jones, Co-Leader and Board Chair of TJC, said of Mrs. Collins Rudolph\u2019s appearance that\u00a0\u201cTJC believes that it is critically important that people hear from the sole survivor of the\u00a0Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.\u201d Arnwine and Jones further stated that \u201cthis event will provide people with an opportunity to hear, first-hand, the results of racial hatred through the eyes of Mrs. Collins Rudolph, who was in the church with the four little girls who were killed at the time of the bombing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Attorney A. Scott Bolden, the sponsor of the Fireside Chat and Reception to benefit the non-profit Transformative Justice Coalition, said, \u201cI am proud to support the work of the Transformative Justice Coalition. This is an organization that is truly in the trenches fighting for social justice and voting\u00a0rights in America.\u201d Bolden continued, \u201cI have been an advocate for social justice my entire life. I strongly encourage people to come hear Mrs. Collins Rudolph and support the work of the Transformative Justice Coalition.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

TJC will bestow its 2026 Voting Rights Champion Award upon Collins Rudolph in recognition of her courage, perseverance, and continuing struggle for justice.\n<\/p>\n

Attorney Arnwine and Attorney Jones concluded that, \u201cMrs. Collins Rudolph\u2019s determination, heart, and perseverance to survive is to be applauded. This is the reason why TJC is bestowing upon her the 2026 \u2018Voting Rights Champion Award.\u2019 The character that Ms. Collins Rudolph displayed in her struggle to survive exemplifies the depth of commitment we must have today to protect our voting\u00a0rights and work toward building a more robust, multicultural, and inclusive society for the future.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

REGISTRATION & SUPPORT: Registration for the Fireside Chat and Reception is available through Eventbrite or TJC\u2019s website. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law and are strongly encouraged. Proceeds will support the TJC John Lewis Make Good Trouble Vote Bus, which will travel across America to marginalized communities, register voters, and help take voters to the polls.\n<\/p>\n

Founded in 2015 by Barbara Arnwine, president emeritus of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, where she created the national election protection program. Ms. Arnwine serves as President and Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, which seeks to catalyze transformative institutional change that advances justice and equality in the United States and abroad. Learn more at tjcoalition.org.\n<\/p>\n

This story originally appeared on Black Press USA<\/a> as \u201cPRESS ROOM: Transformative Justice Coalition 2026 Voting Rights Champion Awards Reception \u2018Yesterday Is Today: The Battle For Voting Rights\u201d. Auto-delivered via NNPA Newswire.\n<\/p>\n

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