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Lisa North

Lisa North joined NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer.  She is responsible for managing a smooth-running, highly effective, and inclusive organization capable of delivering on its strategy, in a context of achieving larger impact and scale.    Lisa brings thirty-five years of experience in social justice and human rights […]

Lisa Gilford

Lisa Cylar Barrett

Lisa Cylar Barrett is the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Ms. Cylar Barrett initially joined LDF as Senior Policy Counsel and in that role led the policy efforts related to Economic Justice. Prior to joining LDF, Ms. Cylar Barrett served as the Managing Director, Federal Policy at PolicyLink. […]

Lisa Cylar Barrett

Lisa Cylar Barrett is the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Ms. Cylar Barrett initially joined LDF as Senior Policy Counsel and in that role led the policy efforts related to Economic Justice. Prior to joining LDF, Ms. Cylar Barrett served as the Managing Director, Federal Policy at PolicyLink. […]

Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks Make History as U.S. Senators-Elect

As a result of decisive victories Tuesday night in Delaware and Maryland, Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-Senate) and Angela Alsobrooks (MD-Senate) will become the first two Black women to serve in the U.S. Senate at the same time in our nation’s history. Both women also will become the first Black women U.S. Senators to represent each […]

Line drawn on prison head count debate

There are legal and practical merits on both sides of the issue. Nozzolio pointed to a section of New York’s Constitution that says the census data “shall be controlling” for redistricting purposes. He argued this supersedes any law, and blasted the corrections data as having “no check or verification.” Linda Foglia, a spokeswoman for the Department […]

Lindsey Norward

Lindsey is a writer with a background in journalism, communications, and cultural studies.  She completed her undergraduate degree in Black Studies and English Literature and has a dual master’s degrees from New York University in Global Journalism and Social & Cultural Analysis.  Lindsey is from Philadelphia and previously served as Project and Communications Manager for […]

Lilly Zaragoza Weighs In on Recent Voter ID Court Decisions and Alabama

How plaintiffs attorneys believe recent voter ID court decisions affect case in Alabama “We actually expect this case to be, unfortunately, resolved later than this election,” says [Lilly Zaragoza, LDF John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow.] However, she adds, “There have been a lot of changes and a lot of victories last week. […]

Liliana Zaragoza in Alliance for Justice: Race Discrimination in Court Trials Must be Eliminated “Root and Branch”

Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado and the Persistence of Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System  Last week the Court heard argument in Buck v. Davis, a case in which Duane Buck was sentenced to death because his own counsel relied on an expert witness who testified that because Mr. Buck was African-American, he was more likely […]

Liliana Zaragoza

Liliana Zaragoza (she/her/hers) serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). She was previously the inaugural John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow from 2015 through 2016, and she returned to LDF in 2018. Liliana maintains a diverse docket including voting rights, school desegregation cases, and civil criminal […]