A Message from Alecia Reed-Owens, Deputy Director of Health Law at Mississippi Center for Justice The Deep South has long been grappling with the HIV epidemic. While significant strides have been made in HIV prevention and treatment nationwide, the legal landscape regarding HIV varies considerably from...
A Message from Linda Dixon, Director of Health Law at Mississippi Center for Justice In the fight against HIV/AIDS, incredible progress has been made over the past few decades, but not all states have kept pace with evolving medical and societal understanding. Mississippi, unfortunately, remains one...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2023 Contact: Mandesha Thornton Phone: 601-487-7504 Email: comms-mcj@rabengroup.com Contact: Henry Goss Phone: 601-955-8711 Email: henry@msvotes.org Jackson, MS — During yesterday’s statewide elections, Hinds County—Mississippi’s most populous county—had ballot shortages throughout the day across a wide swath of precincts, impacting thousands of Mississippi voters. As a result, two...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2023 Contact: Mandesha Thornton Phone: 769-230-2839 Email: mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org Celebrate “Champions of Justice” with the Mississippi Center for Justice Highlighting MCJ’s 20-Year Stand for Justice and Equality in Mississippi [Jackson, MS] – The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) will host “Champions of Justice” on Thursday, October 26, at...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2023 Press Contact: Nik Sibley, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com Five-Year Broadband Expansion And Accessibility Action Plan Fails To Establish Broadband Equity In Mississippi, Says Mississippi Center For Justice JACKSON, MS — The Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) office’s Five-Year Action Plan inadequately addresses the needs of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2023 PLAINTIFFS CELEBRATE VICTORY IN CHALLENGE TO H.B. 1020 Jackson Residents Say Legislators Should End Their Attempted Takeover of Jackson JACKSON, Miss. – The three Jackson, Mississippi residents who sued to block judicial appointments to the Hinds County Circuit Court and the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 31, 2023 Fourteen Black Farmworkers Sue Mississippi Farm for Lost Wages and Job Opportunities Due to Abuse of the Immigration System MISSISSIPPI DELTA— Fourteen Black farmworkers filed a lawsuit in federal court last week against a farm in the Mississippi Delta, alleging that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2023 Press Contact: Nik Sibley, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com NEW REPORT CONFIRMS THE DEVASTATING NATURE OF COVID-19 ON UNDERSERVED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITIES IN MISSISSIPPI JACKSON, MS — Today, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) released an extensive report analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on 12 public...
MCJ Applauds Fifth Circuit Court Decision to Overturn Lifetime Voter Disenfranchisement A Message from Vangela M. Wade, President and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice. Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies has finally been struck down. The U.S. Court of Appeals...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2023 CONTACT: Ashley Levett, ashley.levett@splcenter.org ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Candi Richardson, comms@aclu-ms.org Jane Walton, jwalton@drms.ms Mandesha Thornton, mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org Shannon Augustus, saugustus@lwv.org JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has granted a request by Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, and three Mississippi voters to block S.B. 2358...