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...

28 Jul

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ACLU of Mississippi Receives $1 Million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Morgan Miller, 601-354-3408, mmiller@aclu-ms.org Dana Terry, 769.230.2841, dterry@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss – The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation (ACLU-MS) received a two-year one million dollar grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to address excessive...

25 Jun

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dana Terry, Communications Director, 769.230.2841 Advocacy Group Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Fair Housing JACKSON- The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court decision in Texas v. The Inclusive Communities Project, which was a challenge to the...

05 Jan

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For Immediate Release Advocacy Groups And Educators Join On Delta Area Expungement Relief CONTACT: Kyra McDonald, 769-230-2829; Linda Stringfellow, 662-846-4358 JACKSON—The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) will hold an expungement clinic in January to help those in the Delta clear their arrest and conviction records. The clinic is...

29 Oct

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For Immediate Release MCJ AWARDED HUD GRANT TO FIGHT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2014 CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769.230.2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON—The Mississippi Center for Justice was recently awarded a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant to address housing discrimination in the...

27 Aug

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Center for Justice issued the following statement in support of the drive by Better Schools, Better Jobs to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot requiring full funding of our public...

27 Aug

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — As Mississippi observes the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) reports that repairs, reconstruction, or other direct housing assistance has been performed by the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA)...