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Protesters Pressure MoMA to Boot Leon Black from Museum’s Board

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Protesters Pressure MoMA to Boot Leon Black from Museum’s Board

The assembly outside MoMA also included Epstein survivors and members of We Are UltraViolet and the research initiative Time & Memory Project. Nicole Regalado, vice president of campaigns at We Are UltraViolet, told Hyperallergic, “By serving on MoMA’s board, whether it’s intentional or not, MoMA is helping to sanitize Leon Black’s reputation.”

Black became the chairman of MoMA’s board in 2018 and stepped down in 2021 amid a call for his removal by more than 150 artists, though he remained a trustee.

Artforum

Pop-up exhibition outside MoMA highlights connections between trustee Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein

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Pop-up exhibition outside MoMA highlights connections between trustee Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein

Alongside a handful of Epstein survivors, a small group of organisers for the Institute for Primary Facts and the feminist non-profit UltraViolet urged passersby to explore the documents in the truck. The project is a mobile iteration of the 3.5-million-document Trump-Epstein reading room, which opened in Tribeca in May to raise awareness of Epstein’s network of alleged co-conspirators. The truck houses 440 books of the files, including volumes dedicated to references to US President Donald Trump. It also features community comments and a selection of paintings by Maria Farmer, one of the first women to accuse Epstein.

“I’m very disappointed to see people visiting the MoMA today, and I think it’s important that those folks become educated as to who Leon Black is,” Elisa Batista, a campaign director with UltraViolet, told the Art Newspaper. “We’re OK with not seeing the art in the MoMA as long as they keep enabling this abuser.”

The Art Newspaper

Video calls out all the sexist Olympic coverage

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Video calls out all the sexist Olympic coverage

A video by UltraViolet — a national women’s advocacy group known for conducting online campaigns to highlight women’s issues such as violence, maternity leave and equal rights — calls out the media for some of the blatant sexism that has been displayed thus far during the 2016 Olympics coverage.

Mashable

This Ad Supporting Equal Pay for Women’s Soccer Players Will Air During the Olympics

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This Ad Supporting Equal Pay for Women’s Soccer Players Will Air During the Olympics

The U.S. women’s national soccer team is getting a nice PR boost for its fight for equal pay during the Olympics. A new ad from UltraViolet, a feminist advocacy group, makes a concise argument against a current U.S. Soccer payment structure that pays the men’s team more for just showing up to a game than it pays women for a major win. It will air on NBC stations in Seattle and Baltimore on Tuesday, when the networks will air the U.S. women’s soccer team’s game against Colombia at 6 p.m., and on news sites for sports outlets like ESPN and Sports Illustrated.

Slate

Roger Ailes May Be Forced Out at Fox News This Week

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Roger Ailes May Be Forced Out at Fox News This Week

On Monday, the women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet also announced the nearly 50,000 people have signed the group’s petition calling for Ailes’ removal as head of Fox News.

Fortune

Judge In Stanford Sexual Assault Trial Removed From New Case

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Judge In Stanford Sexual Assault Trial Removed From New Case

Activists from UltraViolet, a national women’s advocacy organization, hold a rally Friday in San Francisco before delivering more than 1 million signatures to the California Commission on Judicial Performance calling for the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench.

NPR

Organizations Team Up To Provide Childcare At Polling Location

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Organizations Team Up To Provide Childcare At Polling Location

National women’s advocacy group UltraViolet and National Domestic Workers Alliance sponsored the program, providing childcare at two polling locations, as long lines are predicted due to an increase in voter registration, according to event organizers.

San Francisco Chronicle

Baylor alumni call for release of full Pepper Hamilton report

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Baylor alumni call for release of full Pepper Hamilton report

“Baylor University must implement comprehensive reporting policies, provide real support for survivors of sexual assault, and create a transparent and accountable process for punishing rapists and their defenders.”

USA Today

Progressives try to tie Google to Trump with new Chrome extension

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Progressives try to tie Google to Trump with new Chrome extension

UltraViolet Action released the browser extension Wednesday that modifies Google’s name in articles and other pages online with various playful phrases tying it to Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

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