Press Release

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today demanded that Meta restore content moderation and professional fact checking on its platforms in the United States. This call accompanied a petition that garnered more than 16,000 signatures from concerned individuals across the country regarding unchecked extremism on Meta platforms.

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 President Trump announced his intent to nominate Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to the Justice Department's cancellation of hundreds of grants to organizations, including for gun violence prevention programs, hate crime prevention and response, victim support, and efforts to combat opioid addiction:

WASHINGTON — Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights announced “The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment,” a mutual support agreement among America's leading civil rights organizations in response to escalating threats and actions taken by the White House and federal agencies that target nonprofit organizations that are doing important public service work and that represent millions of people in America.

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the House passed the SAVE Act (H.R. 22):

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 House passed H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA):

WASHINGTON — More than two hundred state legislators representing 43 states, in partnership with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the NAACP, wrote to President Trump urging him to reverse course on his agenda to dismantle 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 Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon to serve as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice: