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...
Press Release Last Updated: July 18, 2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign,...
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...
Last week, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) submitted comments to the Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) on its Digital Skills & Accessibility Plan. MCJ’s comments advocate for BEAM to prioritize access and equity in addressing the broadband needs of the unserved, including...
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...