WASHINGTON – Lynda Garcia, policing campaign director of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on her appointment to the Fort Worth, Texas police department review panel:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Elijah Cummings, Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee:
WASHINGTON – Lynda Garcia, policing campaign director of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the first Community Police Oversight Board (CPOB) meeting in Dallas this week. The Dallas Police Department and CPOB convened after the murder of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the murder trial of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Massachusetts District Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued this statement regarding the House impeachment inquiry of the President of the United States:
WASHINGTON – Lynda Garcia, policing campaign director at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will testify today before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary’s oversight hearing on policing practices. Garcia’s testimony underscores the importance of public safety for all communities and emphasizes the critical need to implement transformative policing practices to increase accountability and build community trust.
DALLAS – It’s time to rethink public safety and renew community trust. On September 21, 2019 at 12 p.m. CDT, The Leadership Conference Education Fund and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights will host a panel discussion on “Bridging the Gap: Past, Present, and Future of Policing in Dallas” to introduce the organizations’ Policing Campaign, report and toolkit for Dallas to advance 21st century and data-driven best practices in policing.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on Facebook’s audit regarding so-called anti-conservative bias: