Thursday, September 5, 2024 | news
Media Contact: LDF Media Office, media@naacpldf.org Audrey Martin, AMartin@legal-aid.org, 774-266-5233 (NEW YORK, NY) – Last night, the Independent Federal Monitor (Monitor) of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) released a report finding that the NYPD has failed to comply with court-ordered mandates to reform its stop, question, and frisk and trespass enforcement practices. In […]
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | news
Today, a group of civil rights organizations sent a letter to the University of Michigan Law School calling on the institution to affirm its commitment to providing equal educational opportunities for its Black, Latino, Indigenous, female, and LGBTQ+ students in response to a discriminatory email suggesting their lack of qualifications to be accepted onto the […]
Friday, February 28, 2025 | news
Today, a group of civil rights organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education calling on the federal agency to rescind a “Dear Colleague” letter threatening to terminate federal funding to schools that engage in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts, citing its misinterpretation of federal civil rights law and threats to equal […]
Thursday, May 14, 2020 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, Muslim Advocates, NAACP, and 110 additional organizations committed to racial justice and civil rights in calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a full and thorough hate […]
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | news
Today, a group of civil rights organizations sent a letter urging Georgia lawmakers to reject Senate Bill 120 (SB120), a proposed bill before the State Legislature which seeks to ban diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and programs from Georgia’s K-12 schools and higher education institutions. The organizations assert that SB120 poses a significant […]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund (MBELDEF) sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging him to rescind the agency’s recent “Follow the Law” letter. The agency guidance threatens recipients of federal transportation funding with prosecution over lawful diversity, equity, inclusion, and […]
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | news
Kiren Marshall, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, marshall@civilrights.org, 202.780.9835 Sandra Hernandez, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, shernandez@MALDEF.org, 310.386.5768 Don Owens, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org, 202.934.1880 Phoebe Plagens, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, pplagens@naacpldf.org, 212.965.2235 WASHINGTON – The co-chairs of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Voting […]
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Special Prosecutor in Russia Investigation CONTACT: Steve Smith, ACLU, 347-628-4077; ssmith@aclu.org Vivien Watts, Brennan Center, (646)292-8317; vivien.watts@nyu.edu Derrick Robinson, LCCRUL, (240) 473-3034; drobinson@lawyerscommittee.org Phoebe Plagens, NAACP LDF, 212-965-2235; pplagens@naacpldf.org In the wake of recent events related to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Special Prosecutor in Russia Investigation CONTACT: Steve Smith, ACLU, 347-628-4077; ssmith@aclu.orgVivien Watts, Brennan Center, (646)292-8317; vivien.watts@nyu.edu Derrick Robinson, LCCRUL, (240) 473-3034; drobinson@lawyerscommittee.org Phoebe Plagens, NAACP LDF, 212-965-2235; pplagens@naacpldf.org In the wake of recent events related to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Defense […]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial nominations although millions of Americans are suffering from coronavirus and its impact. Cory Wilson […]
