WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund named operations visionary Whitney Herrington as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued this statement following the introduction of democracy reform package H.R. 1 – the For The People Act:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on reports that the Trump administration is seeking to roll back disparate impact regulations that provide anti-discrimination protections to people of color, women, and others:
WASHINGTON—The Leadership Conference Education Fund today launched a new website, “Students Deserve Better,” to hold the Department of Education and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) accountable for an unwillingness to protect students’ civil rights.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice rescinded the Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline. The guidance was issued jointly by both departments in January 2014:
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 74 civil rights, religious, and progressive groups sent a letter to the Senate expressing serious concerns about William Barr’s nomination to be U.S. Attorney General. William Barr’s track record raises serious concerns about his willingness to vigorously enforce our nation’s civil rights laws.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s rejection of any package confirmation of Trump’s judicial nominees before the end of the year:
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.
We're fighting for justice. For police accountability. For immigrant rights. For economic security. For fair courts. For voting rights. We're fighting relentlessly to fulfill the promise of our democracy.