Press Release

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and more than 80 organizations wrote to congressional leaders today demanding they exercise their oversight responsibility and engage in robust oversight of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, including through investigations and hearings and by all other means at their disposal.

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the multiple heinous attacks against our democracy, from the murders and shootings in Minnesota to the mistreatment of SEIU California president Huerta, Representative McIver, and Senator Padilla:

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 59 civil rights organizations, released a statement in response to the antisemitic attacks in Washington, DC and Boulder, Colorado:

WASHINGTON — Liz King, senior director for education equity at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement ahead of the nomination hearing for Kim Richey to serve as assistant secretary of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education:

WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program and an advisor at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the president announced his intent to nominate Emil Bove to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and five individuals to Florida federal district courts:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it is not moving forward with securing court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, and closing its investigations into Phoenix, Ariz.; Trenton, N.J.; Memphis, Tenn.; Mount Vernon, N.Y.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and the Louisiana State Police:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the shooting outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.: