Tuesday, June 3, 2014 | news
Today, the Council of State Governments, a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization of state government officials from all branches of government, unveiled an important new consensus report on school discipline. Known for its practical, evidence-based research and reports, this Council of State Governments report is unique in its consensus nature; the report and its recommendations are the culmination of […]
Friday, September 29, 2023 | case-issue
Justice in Public Safety Project Cop City and Public Safety in Atlanta FAQ To help you learn more about the facility widely known as Cop City, as well as the state of public safety in Atlanta, LDF has compiled answers to the most frequently asked questions. This resource includes information about the dangers of Cop […]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | news
The multiple doors to the cavernous grand hall on the third floor of the Washington Convention Center were opened early Monday afternoon and a multitude of people poured in from the realms of law, government, the judiciary, academia, and social justice organizations in the U.S. and abroad. They seemed to flow, rather than move by […]
Thursday, April 5, 2018 | page
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | page
Part 1 AFFH in Context Part 2 Striking a Balance Part 3 Connecting the Dots Part 4 Best Practices Part 5 Looking Ahead Part 3 Connecting the Dots The Los Angeles County Experience: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in America’s Largest County By Julián Castro Senior Fellow, the Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute How are […]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | news
(New York, New York) – On Monday March 21, at 10:00 am, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Connecticut General Assembly will hold a hearing to consider HB 6084, which would end prison-based gerrymandering in Connecticut. Dale Ho, Assistant Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) will provide testimony in […]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | news
HARTFORD — The legislature’s Judiciary Committee Monday considered bills that would change where prisoners are counted for population tallies – a move viewed by some as a threat to municipal aid from the state and by others as step toward political equity and fairness. Raised Bill 1193, An Act Concerning the Determination of the Town […]
Friday, May 4, 2018 | scholarship-rec
James E. (Jim) Clyburn is the Assistant Democratic Leader, the third-ranking Democrat, in the United States House of Representatives Born in Sumter, South Carolina, James Clyburn was elected president of his NAACP youth chapter at age 12. The son of an activist minister and a civic minded beautician, he helped organize many civil rights marches […]
Thursday, October 31, 2013 | news
The Chairs and Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Leslie Proll, Director of the Washington D.C. Office of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Deidre Swesnik, Director of Public Policy and Communications at National Fair Housing Alliance, encouraged the U.S. Senate to […]
Thursday, October 31, 2013 | news
The Chairs and Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Leslie Proll, Director of the Washington D.C. Office of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Deidre Swesnik, Director of Public Policy and Communications at National Fair Housing Alliance, encouraged the U.S. Senate to […]
