Policy Campaigns

At the heart of our mission to create a just society is a desire to build healthy communities across Mississippi. By engaging elected officials, faith-based leaders, media, community activists, educators, childcare providers, healthcare professionals and other advocacy partners, the Mississippi Center for Justice provides the legal perspective to policy initiatives that improve the lives of Mississippians.

Policy initiatives include improving access to healthcare, providing affordable childcare that supports working families, protecting affordable housing programs as a cornerstone of hurricane recovery, ensuring fair discipline systems that foster safe schools where young minds are challenged and nurtured, and demanding a justice system that is founded in fairness and is accessible to all.

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Current Policy Campaigns

Protecting Voters' Rights

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Ensuring Access to the Justice System

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The Access to Justice Commission was created by order of the ...

Providing Hope by Preventing Foreclosure

When families lose their homes, neighborhoods falter and communities crumble. These days, it is hard to turn on the television or read the newspaper without seeing harrowing ...

Breaking the Grip of Predatory Lending

Payday Lending is a loan option that one in five Mississippians have used. With ...

Supporting Healthy Schools

Far too many of Mississippi’s children find their way into the “schoolhouse to jailhouse” pipeline. “Zero tolerance” school discipline policies in the state’s 150 school districts channel alarming numbers of children into youth courts and juvenile incarceration facilities with little ...