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Kemba Smith: Black Women and Mass Incarceration

Kemba Smith How draconian sentencing policies have made Black women the forgotten victims of the “war on drugs” and mass incarceration. Who is Kemba Smith? Kemba Smith is a mother, wife, criminal justice advocate, speaker, and author. Her book, Poster Child: The Kemba Smith Story, chronicles her traumatic experience with domestic abuse, injustice, disenfranchisement, and […]

Keeping the Voter Drive Alive: Nonpartisan Voter Registration Work is a Cornerstone of Black Civil Rights Advocacy

Keeping the Voter Drive Alive Nonpartisan Voter Registration Work is a Cornerstone of Black Civil Rights Advocacy By Terin Patel-Wilson, Black Voters on the Rise Fellow, and DeMetris Causer, Black Voters on the Rise Attorney/Fellow Voter registration is a prerequisite to political participation. Before casting a ballot on Election Day, voters must register to vote […]

Keeping (Over)Sight of Civil Rights

LDF Called on Congress to Exercise its Oversight Authority Over the Department of Justice by Kyle Barry, LDF Policy Counsel Following the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) called on Congress to exercise its oversight authority over the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure the agency was doing […]

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Katurah Topps

Katurah Topps, Esq. is an activist and civil rights lawyer currently serving as Policy Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) and a core member of LDF’s Justice in Public Safety Project. In these roles, Katurah uses legal, legislative, and policy-centered approaches at the local, state, and federal level to dismantle racially discriminatory […]

Katrina Feldkamp

Katrina Feldkamp serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). She joins LDF from Bronx Legal Services, where she represented Bronx students and families in special education and school discipline proceedings; led policy and litigation efforts to challenge racial, gender, and economic inequity in New York City schools; and […]

Kathryn Sadasivan

Kathryn is Assistant Counsel at LDF. Kathryn focuses primarily on LDF’s voting work, including Congressional, state legislative and local redistricting. Kathryn speaks to various national, state, and local non-partisan groups on race, voting and redistricting. Kathryn is counsel in Milligan v. Merrill (Allen v. Milligan) and Robinson v. Ardoin, cases challenging the U.S. Congressional redistricting maps enacted […]