He then conducted test case litigation for the Center for Law and Social Policy, aimed at increasing access to health care for the poor and minorities.
[7] In 1982 Newman started Project VOTE!, a national non-profit focused on increasing voter registration among low-income and minority citizens.
[10] Years later, Obama shared the story in a video aimed at motivating his presidential campaign's volunteers to register voters.
It is made up of nearly 5,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, and elected prosecutors who advocate for programs such as early childhood education, child abuse prevention, prenatal care, and coaching for parents.
He shifted to a part-time status at Fight Crime: Invest in Kids and began advising donors and non-profit organizations in an effort to spur larger minority voter registration drives.