WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Women’s Law Center, and more than 50 organizations released a series of principles and recommendations to Congress to strengthen and expand protections against workplace harassment for workers in the private and public sectors, and the military.
WASHINGTON — The Senate today passed (87-12) a revised version of the FIRST STEP Act. It is expected to pass quickly in the House of Representatives later this week.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the School Safety Commission’s report:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement in support of the bipartisan justice system reform package, the FIRST STEP Act:
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Upturn, and a coalition of digital justice, racial justice, civil rights and community-based organizations, are raising serious concerns with Judicial Council of California’s proposed court rules that implement S.B. 10, California’s initiative to end money bail and adopt pretrial risk assessments. The Judicial Council has proposed rules that can worsen racial disparities and allow further incarceration.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the passage of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act by both the Senate and House:
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights wrote members of the 116th Congress outlining the coalition’s legislative and oversight goals for the next two years. Achieving these priorities, which the coalition’s 11 task forces developed, would kickstart much-needed reforms to advance social and economic justice in this country. From the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to the present day, The Leadership Conference has led national efforts to pass and enforce the strongest civil rights protections possible.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Jonathan Kobes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit: