FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2024   Press Contact: Tara Y. Wren twren@mscenterforjustice.org 601-487-7504   Mississippi Center for Justice Announces Leadership Transition with Planned Departure of President and CEO Vangela M. Wade Jackson, MS—Today, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) announced Vangela M. Wade's planned departure as President and CEO. Wade will remain in her...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 3, 2024   CONTACT: Tara Y. Wren, Mississippi Center for Justice, twren@mscenterforjustice.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Candi Richardson, ACLU of Mississippi, comms@aclu-ms.org Lacy Crawford, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 252-292-6088, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org   Court finds 2022 redistricting plan unlawfully dilutes voting strength of Black Mississippians   JACKSON, Miss. — A...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2024 Tara Y. Wren twren@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — Voting rights advocates celebrate a significant victory as the Mississippi Legislature rolled back an unlawful restriction placed on voters. This legislative change, which takes effect July 1, follows a successful lawsuit led by Disability Rights Mississippi, the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 29, 2024 Media Contact: Aquita Brown, mcjcomms@mscenterforjustice.org, (601) 352-2269   The Mississippi Center for Justice, 501CTHREE, and the Boys and Girls Club Sykes Announce the Installment of a Community Water Box Portable Water Filtration System Installed in South Jackson to Provide Clean, Safe Drinking Water to Jacksonians...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2024 Media Contact: Aquita Brown, mcjcomms@mscenterforjustice.org, (601) 352-2269   PHOENIX, Ariz., – Vangela M. Wade, president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), joined some of the nation’s leading nonprofit and business leaders at GreenBiz 24 to discuss an innovative corporate-community partnership...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   December 8, 2023   Contact:  Shannon Augustus, saugustus@lwv.org  Mandesha Thornton, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com  Phoebe Plagens, pplagens@naacpldf.org   JACKSON, Miss. —The League of Women Voters of the US, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter,...

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...