Advocates, Artists, and Policymakers Offer Roadmap to Reimagine Safety at Summit

Summit to outline a path forward to transform the criminal legal system FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Contacts:Rafael Medina, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, , 202.869.0390Amber English Coleman, Civil Rights Corps, , 202.894.6141 WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Civil Rights Corps will convene...

NAACP Concludes Four-Part Virtual Town Hall Series with a Focus on State and Local Responses to COVID-19

Washington, D.C. (April 27, 2020) – The NAACP will host the fourth installation of their four-part virtual town hall series, “Unmasked: COVID-19” on Tuesday, April 28, at 8 PM ET /5 PM PT. The fourth episode of the series will address the state and local response to the COVID-19 pandemic with an emphasis on the African American population. ...

The Leadership Conference, The Education Fund Welcome New Managing Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dena L. Craig, WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund announced today that Erica Southerland has joined the organizations as managing director of communications and Kanya Bennett as managing director of government affairs. “It is with pleasure that we welcome these new managing directors, both of...

The Mall may get a Latino museum — someday. These Latina curators aren’t waiting on it.

Latinos, in other words, have been waiting a looong time. (More than two decades, actually, since discussions about a national museum started years before the creation of that advocacy campaign.) Right now, the country is collectively celebrating the contributions Latinos have made in different fields, because we are in the final days of National Hispanic Heritage Month, that time of...