LDF Issues Statement Following President Biden’s “United We Stand” Summit

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Yesterday, the White House hosted the “United We Stand” Summit,  a full-day event designed to celebrate the equal dignity of all people and resist the rising current of hate-fueled violence that in recent years has ...

Civil Rights Groups Sue for Public Records Linked to Pasco County’s Predictive Policing Program

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Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Contact: Ashley Levett ashley.levett@splcenter.org / (334)296-0084 Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Contact: LDF Media media@naacpldf.org  / (212)965-2200 Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) Contact: Nancy Kinnally nancy@therelatablegroup.com / (407) 375-2264 Council on American Relations-Florida ...

LDF Issues Statement on Sen. Graham’s Proposed National Abortion Ban, Calls on Policymakers to Embrace Reproductive Justice

Today, Senator Lindsey Graham introduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act into the U.S. Senate, a bill that, if passed, would impose a nationwide ban on any abortion occurring after 15 weeks. ...

National Civil and Reproductive Rights Leaders Meet with Vice President Harris to Stress the Urgency to Protect Reproductive and Voting Rights

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WASHINGTON, DC (September 12, 2022) – The nation’s top civil rights leaders, reproductive rights and justice organizations met with Vice President Kamala Harris today to discuss the harmful impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling ...

Civil Rights Organizations Send Priorities for Appraisal Reform Legislation to the White House, Congress, and HUD

Today, the Legal Defense Fund and a coalition of civil rights and fair housing organizations sent a letter to the White House, Congress, and HUD calling for comprehensive appraisal reform to ensure fair valuation of ...

LDF Issues Statement on Baltimore Water Crisis

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Days after the water system in Jackson, Mississippi, home to the second-largest Black population in the United States, reached its breaking point, Baltimore, Maryland, 62% of whose residents are Black, is now facing a water ...

National Civil Rights Leaders Meet With President Biden Following State Of Emergency Declaration For Democracy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days after declaring a State of Emergency for democracy in the United States, the nation’s top civil rights leaders met with President Biden at the White House today to urge the administration ...

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