Reclaim Civil Rights
The "Why We Can't Wait" Conference was a success!
Check out our gallery of photos from the conference and don't forget to download your PDF copy of the conference materials (pdf).
Be sure to keep checking the conference page as we continue to add more highlights from the conference.
3/14: LCCR recently sent an edit memo (pdf) on U.S. compliance with ICERD to editorial boards around the country.
3/7: Grace Chung Becker, President Bush's nominee to be the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and run the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, will have her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday, March 11.
3/6: On March 11, the National Fair Housing Alliance will release a book of essays called Segregation, which discusses the effect residential segregation has on the nation's economic viability. More info on the book launch (pdf).
2/15: LCCR recently submitted its shadow report to the UN on the U.S. compliance with the CERD. And here's more info on the CERD.
1/29: Michael Mukasey won Senate confirmation to become Attorney General in part because assured Senators that he would resign if President Bush ignores or violates the law. If he was sincere in his assurances, then one of the first things he should do is to rescind the Legal Counsel’s decision concerning U.S. Civil Rights Commission appointees.
1/24: Today, Congress introduced the Civil Rights Act of 2008. Check out the reasons why civil rights groups like the bill, and, if you are really ambitious, read the text of the legislation (pdf).
1/18: Congress is moving to introduce the Civil Rights Act of 2008. Check out what national civil rights groups are saying.
