Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 119 civil rights, justice reform, and education organizations today called on Congress to support the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act [S. 4360/H.R. 7848]. The bill would prohibit federal funding for school-based law enforcement and instead invest in counselors and other supports that create positive learning environments, especially for students of color, Native students, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ students who are disproportionally harmed by school policing.

WASHINGTON—Lynda Garcia, director of the policing campaign at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.:

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court:

WASHINGTON – With just one week until voting ends on Election Day, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and All Voting is Local, with its joint And Still I Vote campaign, will assemble state officials and voting rights experts to discuss election protection, voters’ rights, and how to prepare for potentially long lines on Election Day during a Facebook Live event on October 27 at 5:30 p.m EDT.

WASHINGTON—The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and 79 other civil rights groups today urged President Trump and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Wolf to immediately provide the maximum protection possible through a Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Cameroonians.

Washington, D.C. – Underscoring the importance and urgency of extending statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data, a diverse and consequential array of local, state, and national organizations urged U.S Senators today to “to give the U.S. Census Bureau sufficient time to thoroughly implement complex data processing activities and complete the most accurate 2020 Census possible.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Daily Kos, MoveOn, The Leadership Conference, and the #OurCourt coalition delivered over 3.2 million petition signatures to the offices of Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, Mitch McConnell, Mike Lee, Mitt Romney, Thom Tillis, Richard Burr, Martha McSally, Cory Gardner, and Susan Collins calling on them to postpone the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court until after the winner of November’s presidential election takes office.

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court and the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats’ boycott of this illegitimate process: