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WASHINGTON — Jesselyn McCurdy, executive vice president of government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the confirmation of Anna Gomez as FCC commissioner:

WASHINGTON — Today, The Leadership Conference Education Fund launched an unprecedented initiative to create a fair, just, opportunity-rich, and rights-advancing future for all in the face of artificial intelligence with the creation of The Center for Civil Rights and Technology. The Center will serve as a convener, collaborator, and communicator on policy issues, ideas, and potential innovations that can advance, as well as protect, equity in society. Dr. Alondra Nelson — who served as deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and acting director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy — will serve as a senior advisor on Civil Rights and Technology to the president and CEO, Maya Wiley.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida today:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s issuance of a Resource on Race and School Programming:

PHILADELPHIA — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the New Pennsylvania Project, and POWER Interfaith hosted a motivating and educational discussion about the importance of our federal courts — including the U.S. Supreme Court — to Pennsylvanians and all people in America. Cherri Gregg of WHYY moderated the conversation, which praised the Senate’s recent confirmation of professionally and demographically diverse judges to the federal bench and uplifted the need for ethics reform. Especially in the wake of recent Supreme Court rulings rolling back affirmative action in higher education, LGBTQ rights, student loan debt relief, and reproductive rights, it is increasingly clear how the decisions issued by our highest court — and by all federal courts — profoundly impact millions of people and are antithetical to the kind of country we all deserve.

WASHINGTON — Liz King, senior program director, education equity, at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s affirmative action guidance:

WASHINGTON – Several prominent civil rights, technology policy, and progressive groups are calling on President Joe Biden to focus a forthcoming executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) on protecting the public from the potential harms posed by the technology.

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to Elon Musk’s threat to sue organizations that report misinformation and hate speech online: