Press Releases

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Civil Rights Groups Address Redistricting Concerns in Letter to Legislators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Mississippi, League of Women Voters of Mississippi, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Southern Echo, Inc., One Voice, Mississippi Center for Justice, Mississippi Votes...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Media Advisory: LGBTQ Rights Groups to Hold Transgender Day of Remembrance Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. - Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on November 20th that honors the memory of transgender individuals who were victims of anti-transgender violence. It also serves as a day of awareness to the hate crimes endured by transgender individuals.

ACLU, ACLU-MS and Simpson Thacher File Federal Lawsuit Against Mississippi City For Discriminating Against Proposed Mosque

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HORN LAKE, Miss. – Horn Lake officials unlawfully denied zoning approval for a proposed mosque due to anti-Muslim bias, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, and Simpson Thacher...
Issue Areas: Religious Freedom

Mississippi Organizations Respond to Critical Race Theory Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - A nationwide attempt to censor discussions of race in the classroom has made its way to Mississippi. A recent report by a conservative think-tank seeks to erase America’s complex and painful history of racism and oppression from Mississippi classrooms.

Media Advisory: Advocates to Hold Abortion Freedom Rally

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. - Several local organizations in support of reproductive rights will gather for an Abortion Freedom Fighters Rally on Saturday, October 2, 2021, from 1-2 p.m.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Mississippi Legislature's History of Redistricting Abuse Must End, says ACLU of MS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - Mississippi's redistricting process is underway with statewide hearings being held this month. The ACLU of Mississippi released a report today outlining the ways in which legislators have racially and politically gerrymandered Mississippi's legislative distri
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU-MS Welcomes New Attorney to Lead LGBTQ Justice Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi welcomes staff attorney McKenna Raney-Gray, who will coordinate the organization's newest effort to protect the rights of LGBTQ Mississippians.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights