Press Release

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 confirmed Judge Michelle Williams Court to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California:

WASHINGTON — Following bomb threats, school closures, and other threats in Springfield, Ohio, which were all prompted by disgraceful lies, Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the racist remarks directed at Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute and co-chair of The Leadership Conference Hate Crimes Task Force, at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric:

WASHINGTON — Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi, vice president of the Center for Civil Rights and Technology, issued the following statement about the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s markup of the bipartisan Expanding AI Voices Act , H.R.9403, which invests in AI research at Minority Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (MSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs):

WASHINGTON — Leslie Proll, senior director of the voting rights program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the 59th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act:

WASHINGTON — Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi, vice president of the Center for Civil Rights and Technology, issued the following statement on efforts by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D. Minn., to pass two critical artificial intelligence democracy bills — Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act and AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2024:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after President Biden and Vice President Harris announced support for certain Supreme Court reforms: