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)...

05 Aug

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MEDIA ALERT Advocacy Groups Issue Joint Statement On Revisions To TANF Procedures FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and the Mississippi Center for Justice issued the following joint statement in...

26 Jun

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MDHS approves ACLU, ACLU of MS and MS Center for Justice Request for Delay of House Bill 49 Implementation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Morgan Miller, ACLU of Mississippi, 601-354-3408; mmiller@aclu-ms.org Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841; sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. – On June 24, Mississippi Department of Human Services...

13 Jun

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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 is taking its Consumer Protection mission to the next level by joining with Northpark Mall in presenting Making Cents, a financial literacy event, on June 21, 2014. The event...

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...