“I feel good about what we have accomplished and am confident I am leaving MCJ in a solid position. It is time for the next visionary leader to move MCJ to the next level.” – Vangela M. Wade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2024 Press Contact: Tara Y. Wren twren@mscenterforjustice.org 601-487-7504 Mississippi Center for Justice Announces Leadership Transition with Planned Departure of President and CEO Vangela M. Wade Jackson, MS—Today, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) announced Vangela M. Wade’s planned......
14 August, 2024 In the News Press Release Story
Press Release Last Updated: July 18, 2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, Mississippi......
19 July, 2024 In the News Press Release Story
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 3, 2024 CONTACT: Tara Y. Wren, Mississippi Center for Justice, twren@mscenterforjustice.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Candi Richardson, ACLU of Mississippi, comms@aclu-ms.org Lacy Crawford, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 252-292-6088, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org Court finds 2022 redistricting plan unlawfully......
03 July, 2024 In the News Press Release Story
The Mississippi Center for Justice and its partners completed an eight-day trial challenging the under-representation of Black voters in the redistricting plan that the Mississippi legislature adopted in 2022 to elect its members. Here is a video of MCJ’s Impact Litigation Director, Rob McDuff, speaking from outside the federal courthouse yesterday.
MCJ joined forces with the ACLU, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Morgan Lewis law firm, and attorney Carroll Rhodes to represent the Mississippi State Conference NAACP and Black voters from around the state in this challenge brought under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The team presented extensive evidence that despite the Black population growth in Mississippi over recent years, the legislature failed to increase the number of majority Black election districts even though it easily could have..
Dear MCJ Friends, Thank you for your unwavering commitment and support of the Mississippi Center for Justice. Your dedication to our cause has been a source of inspiration and strength, and we are deeply grateful for your continued support. You have been an integral part......
14 August, 2024 BlogThe Mississippi Center for Justice works to advance racial, social, and economic justice across the state. The following interactive map reflects how MCJ showed up over 320 times in communities to provide direct services, lead community meetings, participate in education and outreach events, and represent......
01 June, 2024 Blog
As we kick off our celebration of remarkable individuals and organizations under this year’s Catalyst of Change theme, we are excited to shine a spotlight on a man who has helped enlarge MCJ’s capacity to accelerate change through his philanthropic gift. Join us this week......
24 April, 2024 Blog
Dear MCJ Friends, Thank you for your unwavering commitment and support of the Mississippi Center for Justice. Your dedication to our cause has been a source of inspiration and strength, and we are deeply grateful for your continued support. You have been an integral part......
14 August, 2024 Blog