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Press Release 07.13.22

Desai Will Bring Vital and Underrepresented Perspectives to Our Judiciary

WASHINGTON – Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Roopali Desai to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:

Press Release 06.22.22

Bloomekatz and Hanes Have Worked to Protect the Rights of All People

WASHINGTON – Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Rachel Bloomekatz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Judge Elizabeth Hanes to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia:

Press Release 06.22.22

Civil Rights Community Urges Policymakers to Include, Protect, and Celebrate Transgender Students

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, joined by 150 national civil and human rights organizations, condemned discriminatory legislation that would harm both cisgender and transgender girls and women. Citing the unprecedented wave of proposed and enacted laws across the country that aim to make participating in school intolerable for LGBTQI+ students, and especially transgender students, the open letter calls for policymakers to reject attacks on transgender youth and commit to the full inclusion of transgender students in educational opportunities.

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