The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Through advocacy and outreach to targeted constituencies, The Leadership Conference works toward the goal of a more open and just society – an America as good as its ideals.
The Leadership Conference is a 501(c)(4) organization that engages in legislative advocacy. It was founded in 1950 and has coordinated national lobbying efforts on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957.
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Newswire article Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Federal Civil Rights Commission Finds Voting Rights Under Attack Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the United States Commission on Civil Rights’ briefing report , An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States: “This report puts a federal imprimatur on... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, July 23, 2018 Civil Rights Leaders Discuss #WhatsAtStake for Voting Rights in SCOTUS Fight The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights hosted a telephone press briefing with other civil rights leaders today to outline and emphasize Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s threatening record to voting rights. The speakers underscored the dangerous implications of more... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, June 14, 2018 Senate Committee Advances Two Additional Judicial Extremists, Furthers Trump’s Court Packing Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to bring to the Senate floor nominees Allen Winsor for the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Florida and... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, June 11, 2018 Supreme Court Undermines Right to Vote Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute: “Five Justices on the Supreme Court today undermined the fundamental right to vote by making it easier... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Confirmation of Nalbandian Threatens Voting Rights Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of John Nalbandian to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: “John Nalbandian is a partisan and ideological lawyer whose... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 04, 2018 Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Long Overdue Demise of Sham Voter Commission Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the announcement by the White House that the so-called Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is being dissolved: "Good riddance. From the start, it was clear... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Civil and Human Rights Coalition Condemns Trump Administration’s Immoral Decision to End Temporary Protected Status For Haitians Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced that it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants: “Eliminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is another... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 09, 2017 Civil and Human Rights Coalition Calls for Sham Voter Commission to Be Shut Down Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement following a lawsuit filed against the so-called Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity by one of its own commissioners: “It’s simply telling that a member of... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 12, 2017 Civil and Human Rights Coalition Condemns Trump’s Executive Order to Undermine Health Care Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on President Trump’s heath care Executive Order: “Now that President Trump and the Republican Congress failed to end the Affordable Care Act by legislation, the president is... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Civil and Human Rights Coalition to Testify on Voting Rights Before the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Hearing Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, is scheduled to testify today before the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee hearing titled, “Voting Rights Under Fire: Democratic Ideas to Protect and Strengthen Americans’ Constitutional... Read more |