Civil Rights Coalition and Connecticut Legislators Join Together in Calling for Passage of Voting Rights Bill S.B. 471

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For more information contact:  Chris Ford: media@naacpldf.org Liz Iacobucci: liacobucci@commoncause.org  Carolina Gonzalez: cgonzalez@latinojustice.org  Sarai Bejarano: sbejarano@latinojustice.org  Meghan Holden: mholden@acluct.org  Yanidsi Velez: yvelez@hispanicfederation.org  HARTFORD, CT – Today, lawmakers from the Connecticut legislature as well as civil ...

Civil Rights Groups Send Letter in Support of Connecticut Voting Rights Act to Governor Lamont and Legislators

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Connecticut, Common Cause in Connecticut, Hispanic Federation, LatinoJustice PRDLEF, and over 20 additional civil rights, racial justice, faith-based, labor, and service organizations sent a letter urging elected ...

LDF Welcomes Lisa North as Its New Chief Operations Officer

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), announced that Lisa North, an innovative professional with 35 years of experience in the field of social justice and human rights, has been named Chief Operations ...

LDF Issues Statement on Fatal Police Shooting of Patrick Lyoya

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In response to the police killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “We extend our deepest ...

LDF and Partners Publish Fact Sheet Explaining Benefits of a Connecticut State Voting Rights Act

As states across the country engage in the greatest assault on voting rights since Jim Crow, Connecticut has an opportunity in 2022 to set a new standard for protecting the freedom to vote. LDF, the ...

LDF Issues Statement on the Historic Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

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Today, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in a bipartisan 53-47 vote. Justice Jackson becomes the first Black woman ever ...

LDF Mourns the Passing of Former LDF Community Organizer and Researcher June Shagaloff

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the loss of June Shagaloff, a civil rights activist and organizer who joined LDF in 1950 as an intern before LDF founder Thurgood Marshall ...

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