Press Release

WASHINGTON — In a powerful op-ed in The Washington Post titled “We once backed using the filibuster. Now it must be reformed,” Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and John Podesta, the founder and chair of the board of directors for the Center for American Progress, argue that the Senate must reform the filibuster in order to protect the freedom to vote for all Americans.

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Department of Education announced the Civil Rights Data Collection survey will occur in the 2021-2022 school year: 

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after Republican senators today blocked a floor debate on the For the People Act:

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, and prominent civil rights, Jewish, and faith-based organizations and leaders today strongly denounced flagrant anti-Muslim animus targeting Dilawar Syed and his historic nomination for deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In a letter to the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), the organizations and leaders called on the committee to take swift action and vote on Mr. Syed’s nomination.

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate’s cloture vote for the nomination of Eunice Lee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit:

WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the death of Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO and recipient of the 2011 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award — the civil rights community’s highest honor:

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on today’s Senate vote to advance the nominations of Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Jia Cobb to the U.S. District of Columbia District Court, among others:

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the below statement following the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s bipartisan vote advancing the nomination of Robert Santos as director of the U.S. Census Bureau. If confirmed, Mr. Santos would be the first person of color to serve as a permanent Census Bureau director.