LDF Submits Testimony Asking Connecticut General Assembly to Allocate Funding for the Connecticut Voting Rights Act

LDF submitted testimony to Connecticut General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee in advance of today’s public hearing to encourage the General Government A Subcommittee to allocate $1.95 million to the Secretary of the State (“SOTS”) for the ...

LDF Sends Letter Urging the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation to Take Action to Reduce Police Violence in Traffic Encounters 

Today, the Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg regarding federal solutions to reduce police violence in traffic encounters. LDF’s letter supports the demands of Memphis ...

LDF Releases Framework for Public Safety to Build Safe and Sustainable Communities Free from Police Violence

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a Framework for Public Safety calling on federal, state, and local officials to act swiftly on interventions that will build safe and sustainable communities free from police violence. ...

LDF Commends Connecticut Legislature on Step Toward Advancing Voting Rights Bill

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Today, lawmakers in Connecticut took a crucial procedural step toward considering and enacting strong, state-level protections against discrimination in voting. By voting unanimously to raise the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of Connecticut (CTVRA), ...

LDF Applauds New Government Fact Sheet on Legality of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs

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Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a fact sheet confirming that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training programs are in accordance with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ...

Civil Rights Organizations and Connecticut Legislators Call for Passage of a State Voting Rights Act

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 ...

LDF Responds to Release of Video Footage in the Killing of Tyre Nichols

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Today, the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department (MPD) released body-worn camera footage of the events that led to the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after ...

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