News Releases
Civil Rights Groups, Labor Petition Demands DOJ Block Discriminatory Voting Laws
Monday, November 7, 2011Press Release
ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, VOTO LATINO, AFL-CIO, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS LAUNCH PETITION TO DEPT OF JUSTICE DEMANDING OPPOSITION TO VOTER DISENFRACHISMENT LAWS The civil rights organization Advancement Project, in partnership with a group of civil rights, labor and other civic organizations, is launching a petition to the Department of Justice on Tuesday, Nov. 8th when millions will go to the polls to vote in state and local elections. It also marks one year until the entire nation will vote in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Read moreTEXAS, NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CHARGE TEXAS WITH DISCRIMINATORY INTENT OVER STRINGENT PHOTO VOTER ID LAW
Wednesday, September 14, 2011Press Release
Washington, DC – National and local civil rights groups will release a letter today to the Department of Justice charging that an unnecessary, unfair and restrictive photo voter ID law intentionally discriminates against African American and Latino voters.
Read moreCivil Rights Groups Sue Missouri Officials Over “Deceptive and Misleading” Voter ID Ballot Initiative
Thursday, July 7, 2011Press Release
ST. LOUIS, MO -- Advancement Project, the Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN), the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri today announced a legal challenge to a ballot proposal to amend the state constitution’s voting requirements, saying that the ballot language misleads voters and if passed will restrict the voting rights of Missourians, including the elderly, people with disabilities, and students, among others.
Read moreConcerned Citizens Work Together to Create Alternative Redistricting Plan
Wednesday, June 22, 2011Press Release
NEW ORLEANS - Community leaders from throughout Orleans Parish came together to develop a community plan that reflects the changing demographics in the city and the shift in population. We believe that New Orleans Parish City Council Districts would provide greater opportunities for voters to elect candidates of choice if the districts are seven single-member districts, with no at-large districts, rather than the current five single-member and two at-large districts.
Read moreFlorida Elections Overhaul May Violate Voting Rights Act
Tuesday, May 3, 2011Press Release
(May 3, 2011) – As the Florida Senate prepares to approve sweeping changes to the state’s election code this week, Advancement Project, a leading voter protection organization, said the legislation may violate the Voting Rights Act and urged legislators to take steps to rewrite this ill-conceived legislation.
Read moreADVANCEMENT PROJECT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS PERILS OF PHOTO ID PROPOSALS
Thursday, April 7, 2011Press Release
(WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 7, 2011) – In a report released today, Advancement Project, a next-generation civil rights organization that works to eliminate barriers to voting, is sounding the alarm on photo ID proposals pending in states across the nation that could disenfranchise millions of voters in the 2012 elections.
Read morePress Release: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND CATALYZES “SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE”
Thursday, March 17, 2011Press Release
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Read moreStudy by ACLU of Florida, Advancement Project, & Florida State Conference of the NAACP Reveals Shortcomings of Reforms to “Zero-Tolerance” Policies in Florida Schools
Monday, March 7, 2011Press Release
MIAMI, FL – The ACLU of Florida, Advancement Project, and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP released a report today on their study of the ongoing harmful impacts of Florida schools’ “zero-tolerance” policies. The study, entitled “Still Haven’t Shut Off the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Evaluating the Impact of Florida’s New Zero-Tolerance Law,” shows that although the state took a significant step forward by amending its harsh zero-tolerance law in 2009, meaningful reform has still not reached most of the schools – and students – across the state.
Read moreDay Laborer Victory in Virginia
Thursday, February 10, 2011Press Release
Advancement Project, in partnership with Virginia New Majority and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), helped secure a big victory for immigrant rights in Herndon, Virginia.
Read moreYouth United for Change and Advancement Project Release Report on Shocking Effects of Zero Tolerance School Discipline in Philadelphia Schools
Thursday, January 13, 2011Press Release
Youth United for Change, a Philadelphia-based youth organization, and Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization, released a report at City Hall today criticizing zero tolerance in Philadelphia schools as a failed policy that makes city schools less safe, criminalizes or pushes out of school tens of thousands of students every year, and creates a School-to-Prison Pipeline.
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