by Press | Mar 25, 2024 | Press Releases
Suppressing the Power of Navajo Voters Has Resulted in Policies that Hurt the Community ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (March 25, 2024) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the UCLA Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP), the ACLU of New Mexico, the...
by Press | Mar 20, 2024 | Press Releases
DURHAM, NC (March 20, 2024) — Voting rights advocates released a memorandum this week addressing the challenges and implications surrounding the use of mail returned as undeliverable in voter list maintenance. The memo is intended to guide advocates...
by Press | Mar 15, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON— A group of national civil rights and Latino organizations filed an amicus brief on Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia defending an internship program for undergraduate students offered by the Smithsonian Museum of the...
by Press | Mar 11, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON— Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will testify on March 12 before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee as part of their hearing entitled: “The Right Side of History: Protecting Voting...
by Press | Feb 29, 2024 | Press Releases
“Building Power from the Ground Up” Panel Will Feature National Civil Rights Leaders SELMA, AL – On March 2 at 12:00 p.m. CST, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Black Voters Matter, National Bar...
by Press | Feb 29, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON— On Thursday, members of the Senate reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill would restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and prevent restrictive and discriminatory voting laws from taking effect. Ten years ago, in...
