MEDIA ADVISORY: Civil Rights Leaders Respond to Senate Vote on John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Voting Rights News, Voting Rights Resources 11.2,21

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
Teresa Candori (National Urban League), [email protected], 212-558-5362
Marc Banks (NAACP), [email protected], 404-849-3189
Kiren Marshall (The Leadership Conference), [email protected], 202-780-9835
Rachel Noerdlinger (National Action Network), [email protected], 347-821-9678
Lacy Crawford Jr (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), [email protected], 202-558-7900
Angelo Greco (National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Women’s Roundtable), [email protected], 917-499-2688
Juan Martinez, [NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)], [email protected], 212-956-2200

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. ET, leaders from legacy civil rights organizations will hold a press call following the Senate’s vote on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — critically important legislation that would restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act and prevent barriers to the ballot box for Black, Latino, Indigenous, young, and new Americans.

WHAT: Civil Rights Leaders Respond to Senate Vote on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

WHO:

  • Melanie Campbell, president and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Women’s Roundtable 
  • Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 
  • Damon Hewitt, president and executive director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 
  • Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
  • Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP 
  • Marc H. Morial, president and CEO, National Urban League 
  • Reverend Al Sharpton, president & founder, National Action Network (NAN)

WHERE: Press should RSVP in advance here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VRx23wyZQ6Kz0bIbIykiuA 

WHEN: Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. ET

BACKGROUND: Last week, civil rights leaders released a readout of a meeting they had with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia in which they implored him to commit to the protection of voting rights using every means at the Senate’s disposal. 

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 230 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.

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