Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | news
Today, a group of civil rights organizations sent a letter urging Georgia lawmakers to reject Senate Bill 120 (SB120), a proposed bill before the State Legislature which seeks to ban diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and programs from Georgia’s K-12 schools and higher education institutions. The organizations assert that SB120 poses a significant […]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund (MBELDEF) sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging him to rescind the agency’s recent “Follow the Law” letter. The agency guidance threatens recipients of federal transportation funding with prosecution over lawful diversity, equity, inclusion, and […]
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | news
Kiren Marshall, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, marshall@civilrights.org, 202.780.9835 Sandra Hernandez, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, shernandez@MALDEF.org, 310.386.5768 Don Owens, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org, 202.934.1880 Phoebe Plagens, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, pplagens@naacpldf.org, 212.965.2235 WASHINGTON – The co-chairs of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Voting […]
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Special Prosecutor in Russia Investigation CONTACT: Steve Smith, ACLU, 347-628-4077; ssmith@aclu.org Vivien Watts, Brennan Center, (646)292-8317; vivien.watts@nyu.edu Derrick Robinson, LCCRUL, (240) 473-3034; drobinson@lawyerscommittee.org Phoebe Plagens, NAACP LDF, 212-965-2235; pplagens@naacpldf.org In the wake of recent events related to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Special Prosecutor in Russia Investigation CONTACT: Steve Smith, ACLU, 347-628-4077; ssmith@aclu.orgVivien Watts, Brennan Center, (646)292-8317; vivien.watts@nyu.edu Derrick Robinson, LCCRUL, (240) 473-3034; drobinson@lawyerscommittee.org Phoebe Plagens, NAACP LDF, 212-965-2235; pplagens@naacpldf.org In the wake of recent events related to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Defense […]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial nominations although millions of Americans are suffering from coronavirus and its impact. Cory Wilson […]
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | news
For more information contact: Meghan Holden: mholden@acluct.org Chris Ford: media@naacpldf.org Sarai Bejarano: sbejarano@latinojustice.org Yanidsi Velez: yvelez@hispanicfederation.org Rachel Schmidt: marketing@lwvct.org Dera Silvestre: dsilvestre@commoncause.org Mannal Haddad: mhaddad@campaignlegalcenter.org HARTFORD, CT – Today, lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly and civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based organizations joined together in calling for the passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights […]
Sunday, March 18, 2018 | ldf-perspectives
by Todd A. Cox, LDF Policy Director Today marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark civil rights Supreme Court decision in Newman v. Piggie Park, which ruled that businesses cannot justify discrimination — such as refusing to serve Black customers as was the case then — because of religion. Yet, the issue is now being re-litigated. This time, by framing the […]
Monday, June 8, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON — Leading national racial justice organizational leaders today issued a joint statement on the bicameral introduction of the Justice in Policing Act: “This nation is facing another crisis of police killing Black people. While these killings underscore how much systemic racism endures in our nation, this moment has been met with a movement of […]
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Leaders Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose District Court Nominee Thomas Farr Today, national and local civil rights leaders held a telephone press briefing to call on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Thomas Farr’s nomination to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The committee is expected […]
