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WASHINGTON — Jesselyn McCurdy, executive vice president for government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the reintroduction of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in the House:
WASHINGTON — Liz King, senior director for education equity at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published its FY 23 annual report:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate’s 200th lifetime judicial confirmation during the Biden administration:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the election of April Verrett as the new president of SEIU at the 2024 SEIU International Convention:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund, issued the following statement on the recently released bipartisan legislative proposal on artificial intelligence (AI) from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D. N.Y., and U.S. Senators Mike Rounds, R. S.D., Todd Young, R. Ind., and Martin Heinrich, D. N.M.:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement in response to campus protests across the country:
WASHINGTON — Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi, vice president of the Center for Civil Rights and Technology, issued the following statement applauding the amendment from Senators Luján (D-NM), Daines (R-MT), Welch (D-VT), Vance (R-OH), Rosen (D-NV), and Wicker (R-MS), including a provision for $6 billion in funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program:
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