28 May

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MEDIA ALERT Advocacy Groups Issue Joint Statement Calling for Madison County Judge's Removal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, the Mississippi Center for Justice and the Southern Poverty Law Center were disappointed to...

28 May

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michelle Nicolet 312.368.2675 Groundbreaking Program Prepares Advocates to Advance Racial Justice Commitment to race equity is essential to anti-poverty advocacy Chicago, IL (May 28, 2014)—With generous support from the Ford Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (Shriver Center)...

14 Feb

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Roberta Avila Steps Coalition 228-229-8552 Reilly Morse Mississippi Center for Justice 228-383-3348 Diane Glauber Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 202-662-8303 (Gulfport, Miss.) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has found that the Mississippi Development Authority has failed to adequately retain, track and document permanent jobs at...

12 Feb

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For immediate release contact: Paheadra Robinson direct line: (769) 230-2832 Probinson@mscenterforjustice.org City of Jackson approves New Roots Credit Partnership to provide its 2,400 employees an alternative to predatory lending Mississippi Center for Justice leads effort to increase financial literacy and link consumers to affordable loan products (Jackson, Miss.) In a unanimous...

30 Jan

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mississippi Center for Justice Contact: Whitney Barkley, wbarkley@mscenterforjustice.org, (769) 230-2837 New Department of Defense Website an Important Tool in the Fight Against Predatory Schools On Veterans Day of 2013, the Mississippi Center for Justice released a white paper analyzing the use of the GI Bill by...

05 Dec

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Mississippi Center for Justice For Immediate Release Contact: Diana Lee, diana@berlinrosen.com, 646-200-5322 Mississippi Center for Justice Board Chair Confirmed as U.S.District Court Judge Debra Brown Is First African-American woman Federal District Court Judge in Mississippi Jackson, MS – The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is pleased to announce that MCJ Board Chair...

15 Nov

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Howard Page Steps Coalition 228-233-4734 Reilly Morse Mississippi Center for Justice 228-383-3348 Diane Glauber Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 202-662-8303 Coalition: HUD upholds finding of Mississippi’s non-compliance with hiring, contracting requirements at State Port Gulfport community organizations urge HUD to force State to comply...

12 Nov

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Mississippi Center for Justice For Immediate Release Contact: Diana Lee, diana@berlinrosen.com, 646-200-5322 REPORT: New Data Shows Mississippi’s For-Profit Colleges Prey On Post-9/11 Veterans, Get Disproportionate Taxpayer Funds Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Spend 2-3 Times More in GI Bill Benefits at Mississippi For-Profits Than Traditional Public Colleges and Universities, But...