LDF Urges the NYC Districting Commission Ensure Redistricting Maps Do Not Dilute the Voting Power of Black, Latino, and Asian Communities

As the New York City Districting Commission prepares to consider Preliminary Plan #1 for the post-2020 census redistricting cycle, the Legal Defense Fund sent a letter urging the Commission to revisit this map to ensure ...

LDF Announces New Strategic Initiatives Department; Two New Positions

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today announced the creation of the Strategic Initiatives Department, which will house specific projects and campaigns that integrate LDF’s multi-faceted advocacy tools – including litigation, policy, organizing, communications, research, and ...

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 ...

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