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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2023 Press Contact: Nik Sibley, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com Emmett Till and Mamie-Till Mobley Monument is a “Ray of Hope, Symbol of Progress,” says Mississippi Center for Justice WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order today, federally protecting three sites associated with Emmett Till’s...
A Message from Linda Dixon, Director of Health Law at Mississippi Center for Justice As Mississippi begins checking Medicaid eligibility for the first time in three years, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is concerned about initial reports on the process. During this “unwinding” process, we...
Experience “Voices of Mississippi” Acclaimed Concert Event Coming to Ridgeland September 13 July 18, 2023 [Jackson, MS] – The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) will host “Voices of Mississippi,” an immersive multimedia experience and concert event, on September 13th at the St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Center for Performing...
For Immediate Release June 30, 2023 Media Contact (Mississippi Center For Justice): Mandesha Thornton, mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org Contact (MacArthur Justice Center): Cliff Johnson cliff.johnson@macarthurjustice.org, (601) 940-1357 Mississippi Center for Justice and MacArthur Justice Center Represent the Plaintiffs in JXN Undivided Coalition v. Tindell First Amendment Case Jackson, MS- Yesterday, the United States District Court for...
For Immediate Release June 30, 2023 Contact: Mandesha Thornton, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com Washington D.C.— Today the United States Supreme Court denied a petition from the Mississippi Center for Justice to review Mississippi’s felon disfranchisement provision from the Jim Crow 1890 Constitution. The provision is the only feature still in effect...