Bonita Lacy first heard about Kendrick Johnson through her involvement with the Atlanta chapter of the National Action Network.

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This is the National Action Network. (Laughter and applause.) But I am asking you to draw inspiration from the fact that we know change is possible.

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"Let me be clear: While this country has indeed changed, and real progress has been made, we are not yet at the point where the most vital part of the Voting Rights Act can be described as unnecessary or a product of a flawed political process, " the attorney general told the National Action Network.

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And I said that if you stand with me and believe in what we can do together, if you do what civil rights groups like the National Action Network have always done, if you put your shoulder to the wheel of history, then we can move this country toward the promise of a better day.

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In 1986, the National Organization for Women, along with abortion providers, argued that national anti-choice organizations Pro-Life Action League and the Pro-Life Action Network (PLAN) and protestors like named defendant Joseph Schiedler, were engaging in an extortionate conspiracy to prevent access to health care facilities that were providing abortions.

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"You need to find some level of common ground or you're going to be talking in circles, which can easily spiral into much worse scenarios, such as legal action, " says Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a national invitation-only network of entrepreneurs under the age of 35.

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