FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 19, 2021 CONTACT – Patrick Taylor, ptaylor@mscenterforjustice.org, 769-230-2841 Build Back Better is Important but Temporary Fix for Working Mississippians Without Health Insurance, says Vangela M. Wade of the Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson, MS – Today, Congress is one step closer to passing the Build Back Better Act, which includes measures...
MCJ’s director of health law and public benefits, Linda Dixon, was honored by The Counter Narrative Project for her incredible commitment and dedication to the HIV justice movement. “Linda is a brilliant attorney and courageous advocate. She builds bridges and tears down barriers. She leads with...
[caption id="attachment_3001" align="alignright" width="350"] Richard Strong in a cotton field near Highway 82 in Indianola, Miss. Mr. Strong said he never imagined that he would lose his lifelong job to foreign workers. / Photo by Sarahbeth Maney, New York Times[/caption] The New York Times published an...
The Mississippi Center for Justice and the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation, with support from World Wildlife Fund and Kimberly-Clark, will provide legal services, assistance and resources to help historically underserved Mississippians keep generational land and conserve working forests. JACKSON, MISS., OCT. 14, 2021 - The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center...
MCJ has received a $1.5M grant from the Hilton Equity Fund to be put towards operational support. “MCJ fights for the most vulnerable Mississippians. Our work is testament to our conviction. Fighting difficult battles and overcoming insurmountable odds is what we do in Mississippi," said Vangela...
Mississippi Center for Justice is among the 204 signatories on a letter to President Biden, Vice-President Harris, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary Blinken reinforcing their initial request for temporary protected status (TPS) or deferred enforced departures (DED) for Cameroon. As explained in...
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the Biden Administration announced an important shift in immigration enforcement policy—that instead of focusing on large workplace enforcement raids against immigrant workers, it would instead shift its focus to investigating and punishing exploitative employers. We applaud the Biden Administration’s decision...
The National Bar Association has announced that two of our very own – MCJ board member, Mike Espy, and MCJ Impact Litigation Initiative Director, Rob McDuff – will be honored with the Wiley Branton Award at the National Bar Association’s upcoming Wiley Branton Symposium 2021. The...
Just one month after a devastating earthquake that resulted in the deaths of over 2,200 Haitians, injured 12,000 people, damaged or destroyed 120,000 homes and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the Biden administration is sending plane full of families to Haiti under Title 42,...
September 13, 2021 – Mississippi Center for Justice and The Center Reproductive Rights have filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Mississippi’s only abortion clinic in the crucial case that will determine whether Roe v. Wade survives and whether women...