The Mississippi Center for Justice is pleased to announce that our President and CEO, Kimberly Jones Merchant, is recognized as one of The Enterprise-Tocsin’s Women of Influence 2025. She is honored alongside other outstanding recipients in a special section of the publication that highlights women...
JACKSON, MISS. – Today, the ACLU of Mississippi, Mississippi Center for Justice, Badat Legal and Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davies & Rouco LLP, filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, Mississippi Community College Board, Mississippi State Board of...
For Immediate Release May 15, 2025 GREENVILLE, MS – Today, five Black U.S. farmworkers from Mississippi sued Gregory Carr for discriminating against them in favor of white foreign workers, costing them thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Greenville, Mississippi, by Southern...
For Immediate Release April 16, 2025 JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court yesterday ruled that remedial state Senate maps passed by the Legislature earlier this year still do not remedy unlawful vote dilution in the DeSoto County area. New maps for the area will now be ordered...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2025 Press Contact: Dr. Tara Y. Wren, Director of Communications Mississippi Center for Justice twren@mscenterforjustice.org (601) 487-7504 Jackson, MS – As the new administration moves to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is stepping in to defend a crucial rule...
PRESS RELEASE Friday, March 7, 2025 Press Contact: Dr. Tara Y. Wren, Director of Communications Mississippi Center for Justice twren@mscenterforjustice.org 601-487-7504 JACKSON, MS – Lawyers from the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) have filed their appearance to represent D’Monterrio Gibson, the Black FedEx driver who was chased and shot at by Brandon...
February 24, 2025 Press Contact: Dr. Tara Y. Wren, twren@mscenterforjustice.org, 601-487-7504 Jackson, MS — Days ago, the Trump administration, in a White House official press release and social media, singled out the Mississippi Center for Justice as a “radical advocacy group” that advocates for “racial and economic...
MCJ's Paloma Wu, Deputy Director of the George Riley Impact Litigation Initiative, spoke with Public News Service about the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme court concerning the Mississippi lifetime voting ban on individuals with certain felony convictions. Read the story here....
Media Contact Tara Y. Wren, Mississippi Center for Justice, twren@mscenterforjustice.org Candi Richardson, ACLU of Mississippi, comms@aclu-ms.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Lacy Crawford, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 252-292-6608 lcrawford@lawyerscommitte.org PRESS STATEMENT January 10, 2025 Attorneys representing Black Mississippi voters presented proposed maps of voting districts that would meet all requirements to fulfill a recent...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release – November 11, 2024 Legal strategist and nonprofit leader to guide the organization as it focuses on deepening its impact at the state and national level Jackson, Mississippi - After a national search, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is proud to...