FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2021 Contact: MCJ Communications Coordinator Patrick Taylor, ptaylor@mscenterforjustice.org Jackson, MS - Vangela M. Wade, president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice, issued the following statement in response to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. “We have all seen the harrowing scenes of Afghans...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24 Contact: MCJ Communications Coordinator Patrick Taylor, ptaylor@mscenterforjustice.org Jackson, MS - On Wednesday and Thursday, Mississippi lawmakers are hosting hearings to discuss radically changing the state’s tax structure, including completely eliminating Mississippi’s income tax. Vangela M. Wade, president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2021 Contact: Amelia McGowan, Director of Immigration Law, amcgowan@mscenterforjustice.org 769-230-8003 Meanwhile, corporations that employed immigrants have faced no accountability. Jackson, MS - Two years after ICE raids of poultry processing plants in central Mississippi (August 7, 2019), the Mississippi Center for Justice’s immigrant clients...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 3, 2021 CONTACT: Brittney Perkins, Justice Court Access Program Manager, Mississippi Center for Justice, bperkins@mscenterforjustice.org Online chatbot helps ‘level the playing field’ in the courtroom, especially for low-income people and communities of color JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Center for Justice and Mississippi Access...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2021 Contact: Patrick Taylor, ptaylor@mscenterforjustice.org Jackson, Mississippi - This weekend, the nation’s eviction moratorium is set to expire. The Mississippi Center for Justice, which operates the state’s only COVID-19 eviction prevention hotline and has helped hundreds of individuals and families, is deeply...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 29, 2021 Contact: Patrick Taylor, Mississippi Center for Justice, ptaylor@mscenterforjustice.org Since the University of Mississippi’s controversial decision to terminate the tenure-track contract of History Professor Garrett Felber in December of 2020, the University and Felber have reached a settlement for a confidential amount that...
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - On Friday, in an action brought by several Southern states including Mississippi, a federal judge in Texas ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is illegal and immediately blocked the Department of Homeland Security from approving any new applications. The Court,...
A federal judge in Texas said Friday that the government cannot accept new DACA applications. MCJ stands with Dreamers. Our DACA clinic will continue to support Mississippians with pending applications and renewals. Please also get in touch with us if you have any questions about...
In response to a request from the Mississippi Center for Justice, the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Wednesday to review Mississippi’s felon disfranchisement provision from the Jim Crow 1890 Constitution. MCJ’s challenge to that provision had previously been...
Jackson, Mississippi - Today, in a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. Mississippi is one of more than a dozen states that joined in the lawsuit to dismantle the ACA. “Here in Mississippi, we are breathing a huge sigh of relief that...
