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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2021 PRESS CONTACT Henrike Dessauleshdessaules@refugeerights.org516.838.1269 IRAP STATEMENT ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE IRAQI DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAM (New York, NY) – Yesterday, the Department of State issued a statement announcing the temporary suspension of the …
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View this page on our website Here’s your round-up of all the NLG’s been up to these past couple weeks! Be sure to keep up with us in real time on social media, on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Upcoming and …
The Orleans Legacy Project partnered with EJI to hold a soil collection community ceremony and install a historical marker last month in remembrance of the July 1900 Mass Lynching in New Orleans, in which countless Black residents were terrorized, maimed, …
EJI Partners with Community to Memorialize Lynching Victims in New Orleans More >
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2021 PRESS CONTACT Henrike Dessauleshdessaules@refugeerights.org516.838.1269 IRAP APPLAUDS EXECUTIVE ORDER RESCINDING MUSLIM AND AFRICAN BANS (New York, NY) – Last night, the Biden administration issued an executive order immediately rescinding the Muslim and African bans …
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Today is Inauguration Day. Dignity and Power Now acknowledges that today an important change is taking place at the Federal level. We are crystal clear about the many harms in the legislative and political records of the new administration. They …
As the nation contemplates the meaning of politically motivated violence, insurrection, and resistance to leaders elected to advance civil rights, it is useful to remember that in 1894, former Confederates in North Carolina lost governing power to an interracial political …
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for a more just and equitable society included a fundamental opposition to the death penalty. To Dr. King, capital punishment was both wrong as a matter of morality and misguided as a …
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Moral Opposition to the Death Penalty More >
January 15, 2021 – Andrew Reed of EdSource presents a survey of leaders from California’s institutions, policy and advocacy organizations for their thoughts on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s postsecondary budget proposal. Among those who share their perspectives, is Public Advocates’ John …
EdSource:Investing in college success: Perspectives on Gov. Newsom’s higher ed budget More >
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: communications@nlg.org Last week’s white supremacist coup attempt facilitated by law enforcement makes clear that the path forward requires a serious reckoning with the conditions that caused this moment. White supremacy, though mentioned in mainstream news media …
NLG Demands Immediate Structural Change in Wake of Impeachment and Attempted Coup More >
Last night, the federal government executed Corey Johnson, despite compelling evidence that he was intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty. He was killed by lethal injection at 11:34 p.m. after the Supreme Court refused to allow him …
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January 14, 2021 – KCBS Radio’s Lisa Chan interviewed Managing Attorney John Affeldt on when schools can safely reopen, which teachers should get the vaccine, and if some shouldn’t be prioritized. Click here to listen to the interview. Related Posts Originally …
January 13, 2021 – Andrew Reed of EdSource presents readers with a survey of leaders representing all segments of California’s education system who comment on Governor Newsom’s 2021-22 budget proposal. Public Advocates’ John Affeldt is among those featured. Read the …
EdSource: In the right direction? Perspectives on Gov. Newsom’s education budget More >
Dear NLG Members, Last week’s revelations of cultural appropriation by an NLG past president, Natasha Bannan, have elicited expressions of outrage, hurt, dismay, from Guild members as well from people across the country and the world. We share in that …
Update on Accountability for Natasha Bannan’s Cultural Appropriation More >
On January 8th, Governor Newsom released his proposed 2021-2022 budget. After a year when students and families have struggled through a pandemic, natural disasters, a historic election, and the different manifestations of white supremacy, we commend Governor Newsom’s commitment to …
State Ed Budget: Crucial Investments in Young People’s Health & Wellness More >
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law on Saturday a bill that bans the practice of sentencing children to die in prison. Ohio is the 24th state to abolish life-without-parole sentences for children. Six more states have no one serving …
The federal government plans to execute Lisa Montgomery tomorrow—one of three executions scheduled during the last full week of Donald Trump’s presidency. Ms. Montgomery would be the 11th person put to death by the U.S. government in the past six …
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January 8. 2021 – John Fensterwald reports on Governor Newsom’s budget announcement and the details he gave about the state’s commitment to making a major investment into education. Public Advocates’ John Affeldt is quoted. Fensterwald wrote that confident of a …
This is Sharqawi Al Hajj, a 47-year-old man from Yemen. He has been detained in Guantánamo for 17 years without charge. Guantánamo opened 19 years ago today. Not pictured are his five siblings in Yemen, who see him a few …
Dear TUPOCC members, This week’s public revelations of cultural appropriation by the Guild’s former president have elicited expressions of outrage, hurt, dismay, and more from people across the country and world, including Guild members and members of The United People …
Message to TUPOCC members regarding process of accountability for cultural appropriation More >
For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 8, 2021Contact: Duc Luu, dluu@publicadvocates.org, 857-373-9118 PUBLIC ADVOCATES STATEMENT ON HOUSING HIGHLIGHTS FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S PROPOSED CALIFORNIA BUDGET California’s low-income communities of color, students, essential workers and renters are facing unprecedented hardships as Covid-19 continues to ravage our state, unemployment …
For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 8, 2021Contact: Duc Luu, dluu@publicadvocates.org, 857-373-9118 STATEMENT FROM PUBLIC ADVOCATES ON EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S PROPOSED CALIFORNIA BUDGET California’s low-income communities of color, students, essential workers and renters are facing unprecedented hardships as Covid-19 continues to ravage our state, …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2021CONTACTHenrike Dessaules, IRAP, hdessaules@refugeerights.org, 516-838-1269Christopher Plummer, Church World Service, media@cwsglobal.org Sharon Samber, HIAS, hias@westendstrategy.com Timothy Young, LIRS, tyoung@lirs.org, 443-257-6310 APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS RULING BLOCKING PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM GIVING STATES AND LOCALITIES ABILITY TO STOP REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT …
January 8, 2021 – Joe Hong of KPBS writes about the plan to reopen San Diego schools and the concern that the Governor’s plan will disproportionately benefit wealthier districts. Managing Attorney John Affeldt is quoted: “I think the governor deserves …
The Republic of Kazakhstan formally abolished the death penalty on Saturday, when President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a bill ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, an international treaty that commits signatory nations to …
Global Abolition of Death Penalty Continues in Kazakhstan More >
January 7, 2021 – Jill Tucker of the San Francisco Chronicle writes about the plan to safely reopen schools, and the rollout of vaccines to teachers. Managing Attorney John Affeldt is quoted: Health officials are expected to approve the next …
Dear NLG Members, Some of you may have seen this story:https://www.prismreports.org/article/2021/1/7/the-national-lawyers-guilds-outgoing-latina-president-is-a-white-woman In mid-2020, after getting word of Natasha’s identity misrepresentations, an independent group of BIPOC NLG members—both directly and indirectly harmed—formed to gather information and determine how to address this …
Yesterday, the world watched in horror as a terrorist insurrection seeking to attack our democracy and silence the votes of millions of Americans unfolded at the U.S. Capitol. A violent mob including white supremacists, encouraged by a sitting U.S. President …
Yesterday history was made in Georgia and around the country when organizers changed the electoral landscape in ways people didn’t think possible. As a result of grassroots electoral justice organizing, led by many visionary community members, including Dignity and Power …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: communications@nlg.org The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) opposes today’s attempt to overturn the election, led by Trump loyalists and right-wing operatives in Washington, DC, in the strongest terms possible. Following a rally by Trump where he continued …
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced sweeping sentencing and death penalty reforms last month when he was sworn in to lead the nation’s largest district attorney’s office. He immediately issued a special directive declaring that a “sentence of …
New Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón Issues Major Reforms More >