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LDF Testifies Before NYC Human Rights Commission In Support of Rule to Strengthen Ban on Hair Discrimination

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified before the New York City Commission of Human Rights in support of a proposed rule that would further clarify covered entities’ obligations to protect against racial and religious discrimination on the basis of hair under the city’s Human Rights Law. The new rule would […]

LDF Testifies Before Kentucky Legislature Concerning Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Today, Dale Ho, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified at a hearing before the Kentucky General Assembly’s Task Force on Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs, concerning “prison-based gerrymandering” in Kentucky. Kentucky law-like that of every other state-provides that an incarcerated person does not become a resident of […]

LDF Testifies Before DC Council in Support of Proposed Resolution to Reform Metro’s Hiring Standards

Today, Assistant Counsel Ria Tabacco Mar testified at a public hearing before the DC Council’s Committee on Economic Development in support of a Proposed Resolution calling on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to adopt a fair and nondiscriminatory background screening policy. Under its existing criminal records policy, WMATA needlessly excludes many qualified job applicants based […]

LDF Testifies Before Congress on Voter Suppression Crisis Post Shelby

LDF Testifies Before Congress on Voter Suppression Crisis Post Shelby

Leah Aden, Deputy Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the continuing challenges to the Voting Rights Act (VRA) since Shelby County v. Holder, the 2013 Supreme Court decision which unleashed a wave of […]

LDF Testifies Before Congress About Criminal Background Checks

NAACP LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill is one of four witnesses at today’s hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives on “The Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities of the EEOC: Examining the Concerns of Stakeholders.”  The hearing is being held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce […]

LDF Testifies Before CA Senate in Support of Important Bill to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Yesterday, Dale Ho, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified at a hearing at 1:30 pm before the California State Senate’s Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments, in support of AB 420, which seeks to end the practice known as “prison-based gerrymandering” in California.  At the conclusion of the hearing, the Senate Committee […]

LDF Testifies At New York Redistricting Hearing

Today, Natasha Korgaonkar, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified at a redistricting hearing before New York’s Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR).

LDF Testifies At New York Redistricting Hearing

(New York, NY) — Today, Natasha Korgaonkar, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified at a redistricting hearing before New York’s Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR).  “LATFOR plays a critical role in assisting the state legislature with the creation of redistricting plans at both the […]

LDF Testifies Against South Carolina Voter Suppression Bills

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has submitted testimony to the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to two voter suppression bills — S. 113 and S. 236. LDF is concerned that the enactment of these bills would create unnecessary barriers and burdens that will disproportionately impact Black voters and other […]