Biloxi Town Hall Meeting: Keeping our Children Safe at School

Concerned parents and advocates gathered together in Biloxi on March 30th for a town hall meeting to learn and discuss how state policies can protect children at schools from traumatizing, dehumanizing

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The Darkest Hour Is Just Before the Dawn

“What if it was your daughter who was the target of this bill?” For a moment a few weeks ago, it seemed like lawmakers in Tennessee had really heard the brave testimony of a transgender young person and her parents. A mother’s simple ask to legislators about what they would do if it was their child who was transgender hit a

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ACLU of MS Supports Clergy for Prison Reform Policy Platform

By Blake Feldman, Advocacy Coordinator

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Confederate Emblems Reflect Hate

By Jennifer Riley-Collins, ACLU of MS Executive Director

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SCSCP: What About the Girls?

By Aisha Carson, ACLU of MS Advocacy Coordinator

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Oakland School Helping Black Boys' Achievement

The ACLU of Mississippi has partnered with the Mississippi Center for Justice, Sunflower County Consolidated School District, and its P-16 Council on an initiative to change the narrative for young men and boys of color (YMBOC), named Sunflower County Systems Change Project.

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Criminal Justice Reforms

Published in The Opinion Pages of the New York Times

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Why did Mississippi police release two versions of fatal shooting report?

By Matt Kessler in Oxford, Mississippi

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Mississippi Ranked Dead Last in Public Education Support, says report card

By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

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