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WASHINGTON — Rob Randhava, senior policy counsel for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s call on the legal community to volunteer to help confront the ongoing housing and evictions crisis:
WASHINGTON – Rob Randhava, senior policy counsel for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium, set to expire October 3, 2021:
WASHINGTON — Jesselyn McCurdy, interim executive vice president of government affairs of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote today passing H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act:
WASHINGTON — Jesselyn McCurdy, interim executive vice president and managing director of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement regarding the urgent situation for those seeking to flee Afghanistan:
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights along with 200 civil rights organizations today called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the House introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — critically important legislation to restore the essential portion of the Voting Rights Act that blocks discriminatory voting policies:
WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, testified today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the ongoing crisis of racial discrimination in the nation’s voting systems. Providing documententation of current day voting discrimination in states across the country, Henderson highlighted the urgent need for Congress to swiftly pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
WASHINGTON — In a powerful op-ed in The Washington Post titled “We once backed using the filibuster. Now it must be reformed,” Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and John Podesta, the founder and chair of the board of directors for the Center for American Progress, argue that the Senate must reform the filibuster in order to protect the freedom to vote for all Americans.
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