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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 in response to the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s report on its enforcement work over the past four years:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after President Biden announced that he commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses serving disproportionately long sentences:

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 Four Year Retrospective:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement ahead of the Senate’s expected upcoming vote on the Laken Riley Act:

WASHINGTON — On January 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its consideration of the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as attorney general of the United States.

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights coalition, submitted a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee today on the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as attorney general of the United States.

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 405 national and local civil rights, education, and gender justice organizations, wrote to members of Congress urging them to reject H.R. 28. The so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 is the latest in a spate of harmful bills at the national and local levels that are an attack on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students. The letter urges members to reject this bill because it would harm women and girls and undermine civil rights for all students.

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to Meta’s announcement on changes to their content moderation policies: