For media inquiries, please contact: Tara Y. Wren Mississippi Center for Justice Director of Communications twren@mscenterforjustice.org 601-487-7504   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2024   Mississippi Judge Rejects Anti-Abortion Lawsuit Mississippi – A judge in Mississippi has rejected a lawsuit brought by out-of-state anti-abortion extremists, who sought to overturn a 26-year-old Mississippi Supreme Court decision despite...

For media inquiries, please contact: Tara Y. Wren Director of Communications twren@mscenterforjustice.org 601-487-7504   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indianola, MS – October 18, 2024 – The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is excited to announce a community-focused event, Amnesty Day/Expungement Clinic and Breaking Down the Ballot, at our Indianola office on October 18,...

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...