As part of coalitions of LGBTQIA+ rights and justice organizations, the Center for Constitutional Rights has submitted letters and testimony to Congressional committees, federal commissions, and...
Updated: October 4, 2022
On May 31, 2019, Movement for Family Power, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and other organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, wrote in response to the call by the United...
Updated: June 6, 2019
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights for panels and trainings at Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia July 11-13.
Updated: July 15, 2019
In June 2019, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued a letter to the New York State Legislature, calling on them to repeal Civil...
Updated: June 18, 2019
On October 24, 2019, Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice Fellow Lupe Aguirre delivered testimony before the New York State Senate Codes Committee, calling on the state legislature to...
Updated: October 24, 2019
On November 18, 2019, CCR Senior Legal Worker and Coordinator, Ian Head testified before the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council. In this testimony, CCR drew the Committee on Public...
Updated: November 18, 2019
On March 17, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined dozens of organizations in urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to immediately adopt a series of recommendations to decrease the likelihood of...
Updated: May 12, 2020
June 5, 2020 To: Marjorie McKeithen Counsel for FG LA, LLC Jones Walker Re: Juneteenth Ceremony on Buena Vista Plantation Cemetery Ms. McKeithen: In my May 22, 2020, letter, I advised that RISE St...
Updated: June 8, 2020
Background The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Louisiana is designed to hold approximately 1,600 individuals. There are more than 1,200 people currently imprisoned there—even after community...
Updated: August 7, 2020
On June 8, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, and Philando Castile, together with over 600 rights groups led by the...
Updated: June 8, 2020
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