Our 2025
Project 2025 threatens to reverse decades of progress in civil rights, social justice, and equity, impacting Black and marginalized communities.
Project 2025 is a comprehensive policy agenda proposed by a coalition of over 100 conservative organizations aimed at drastically reshaping federal government policies across multiple sectors, including education, healthcare, criminal justice, and civil rights.
It's implementation threatens to reverse decades of progress in civil rights, social justice, and equity, particularly impacting Black and marginalized communities.
The proposed policies under Project 2025 include significant rollbacks in regulatory protections, reductions in social welfare programs, the dismantling of the federal civil service workforce, and ban any focus on equity.
We must fight, we must advocate - we must vote - to ensure that vision does not become Our 2025.
The Impact of Project 2025
On Your Civil Rights
Project 2025 threatens civil rights gains with plans to dismantle affirmative action, weaken anti-discrimination laws, and reduce the enforcement powers of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), threatening to reverse gains made in employment equity and equal opportunity.
On Your Health
When it comes to healthcare, Project 2025 proposes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, reduce Medicaid funding, and eliminate programs aimed at addressing health disparities, which would lead to reduced access to healthcare services and worsening health outcomes for African Americans.
On Education
When it comes to education, Project 2025 seeks to defund public education in favor of private and charter schools, eliminate diversity and inclusion programs, and rollback protections for students of color, undermining educational opportunities and exacerbating racial disparities in academic achievement.
On Your Environment
The environmental impacts of Project 2025 would include the rollback of key environmental protections, reduction of enforcement of environmental regulations, and prioritization of industrial and corporate interests over community health, disproportionately affecting low-income and minority communities that are already burdened with environmental hazards and pollution.
On Criminal Justice
Project 2025 includes measures to increase policing and incarceration, reduce funding for community-based alternatives, and eliminate initiatives aimed at addressing systemic racism in the justice system, which would lead to higher incarceration rates and further entrench racial inequalities.
This November, I need us to remember that if we fail to vote there are those who have come up with a plan to take us back to the 19th century. It's called Project 2025. If you believe in the promise of this nation, you and I must commit to being all in to the fight to make sure it is never implemented.
- Leon W. Russell, Chairman, NAACP Board of Directors
Protect Our 2025
We can ensure an equitable 2025 by voting for leaders in federal, state, and local government who will work to protect our community. Volunteer with the NAACP this election season to help mobilize Black voters.