From holding police accountable to defending voting rights, 2024 was a busy year! Here's a quick look at how we showed up to defend civil rights in Mississippi this year, and a sneak peek at how we plan to continue the fight in 2025.
Reverence for the Confederacy has No Place in Modern Mississippi
Equality & Equity of Access
By Katherine Klein, Equality for All Advocacy Coordinator
Published in the...
By Katherine Klein, Equality for All Advocacy Coordinator
Published in the...
Apr 7, 2017
I Am Transgender and I Belong Here
Equality & Equity of Access
By Jensen Matar
Published in Clarion Ledger
My name is Jensen Matar, I am a transgender man residing in the beautiful state of Mississippi, and I belong here. Like many transgender and gender...
By Jensen Matar
Published in Clarion Ledger
My name is Jensen Matar, I am a transgender man residing in the beautiful state of Mississippi, and I belong here. Like many transgender and gender...
Apr 7, 2017
What Does Mike Pence's 'No Girls Allowed' Rule Have In Common With School Dress Codes and Single-Sex Classrooms? Exclusion, Shaming, and Victim-Blaming
Equality & Equity of Access
Much like Mike Pence's dining policy, school dress codes based on sex are discriminatory and wrong.
By Galen Sherwin, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Of all the shockingly retrogade views...
Much like Mike Pence's dining policy, school dress codes based on sex are discriminatory and wrong.
By Galen Sherwin, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Of all the shockingly retrogade views...
Apr 5, 2017
People Power Activists Are Already Confronting the Powers That Be From Coast to Coast and Demanding Freedom Cities
In just over three weeks, People Power activists have set up nearly 200 meetings with police to fight for Freedom Cities.