03 Nov

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nonprofits Call Upon Governor Bryant to Address Recent Race-Based Incidents in Mississippi (Jackson, Miss.) - Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi. First, the memorial plaque marking the site where Emmett Till’s mutilated body was recovered from the...

01 Jul

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director Mississippi Center for Justice Dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org (O) 769.230.2841 (C) 601.506.9156 MINISTERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ACTIVISTS APPLAUD COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN H.B. 1523 (JACKSON, Miss.) – June 30, 2016. A group of Mississippi ministers, community leaders, civic activists, and a Hattiesburg church who filed the first...

03 Jun

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director Mississippi Center for Justice Dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org (O) 769.230.2841   Rob McDuff McDuff & Byrd rbm@mcdufflaw.com (o) 601.259.8484 (o) 601.969.0802 (JACKSON, Miss.) – June 3, 2016. A group of Mississippi ministers, community leaders, and civic activists, along with a Hattiesburg church, today filed a new lawsuit in federal court in...

07 Mar

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Free Legal Assistance for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DANA THOMAS, Communications Director Mississippi Center for Justice 769.230.2841 dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org Free Legal Assistance for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with attorneys for advice regarding foreclosure Jackson, Miss. (March 7, 2016) - Homeowners facing financial hardship are invited...

15 Feb

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Advocacy Group Warns Against Proposed Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Beth Orlansky, Advocacy Director Mississippi Center for Justice borlansky@mscenterforjustice.org (O) 769-230-2838 Advocacy Group Warns Against Proposed Bill (Jackson, Miss.) February 15, 2016 - A proposed bill in the Mississippi legislature will ensure that many Mississippians will continue to be caught in the...

15 Feb

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Mississippi Center for Justice and Venable LLP Sue City of Ridgeland, MS for Race-Based Fair Housing Violations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director (o) 769.230.2841 (c) 601.506.9156 dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org Mississippi Center for Justice and Venable LLP Sue City of Ridgeland, MS for Race-Based Fair Housing Violations Suit alleges City aimed to...

25 Jan

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Contact: Dana Thomas, Communications Director (O): 769.230.2841 dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org Advocacy Group Calls for DHS to Apply for SNAP Waiver The Mississippi Center for Justice’s Public Records Act request reveals potential impact of the 3-month time limit for each county and presents policy solutions to prevent increasing the distress level of Mississippi’s struggling...

08 Jan

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Working for working families? Jackson Free Press Budgets are often called moral documents. That means that advocates for working families will be watching spending closely to make sure Mississippi's heart, and money, is in the right place. "We're following the state budget, which will lead us to questions...