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At our 60th anniversary commemoration at the Library of Congress, Chair Lhamon; Vice Chair Timmons-Goodson; Commissioners Adegbile, Heriot, Kladney, and Narasaki; and former Chair William Allen spoke with Susan Bro, Co-Founder and Director of the Heather Heyer Foundation, November 2017
Highlights
- October -December 2018 Commission Quarterly Newsletter
- March 12, 2019 – Written Testimony of Chair Catherine E. Lhamon at House Judiciary Committee Hearing: History & Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Friday, March 22, 2019 Business Meeting (Sunshine Act Meeting Notice)
- Thursday, March 7, 2019 Business Meeting (Sunshine Act Meeting Notice)
- February 22, 2019 Briefing: Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars - Submission of Written Comments
- February 22, 2019 Briefing: Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars – Briefing Materials
- Commission Accepting Public Comments on Immigrant Family Separation through February 25, 2019
- February 22, 2019 Briefing: Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars - Information on Public Comments
- February 22, 2019 Commission Public Briefing: Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars (Sunshine Act Meeting Notice)
Commission News
- Commission to Hear Presentation: American Responses to the Rise of Nazism and the Refugee Crisis in the 1930s and 1940s - March 22, 2019
- April 2019 Webinars – Texas Advisory Committee Memorandum on Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
- April 2019 Webinars – Texas Advisory Committee Memorandum on Voting Rights (Press Release)
- March 12, 2019 – Chair Catherine E. Lhamon to Testify at House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing: “History and Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965”
- March 4, 2019 Vermont Advisory Committee Community Forum: School Disciplinary Practices (Information Flyer)
- February 22, 2019 Public Briefing: Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars (Press Release)
- February 15, 2019 - Idaho Advisory Committee Announces Study on Native American Voting Rights & Calls for Public Comment (Press Release)
Other
Recent Reports
Annual Statutory Enforcement Reports
- Minority Voting Rights Access - 2018 Report
- Targeted Fines and Fees - 2017 Report
- Environmental Justice - 2016 Report
- Immigration Detention - 2015 Report
Briefing Reports
- Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
- Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices
- Contemporary Civil Rights Challenges: A View from the States - 2018 Survey of the State Advisory Committees
- Higher Education Access, Persistence, and Completion for Students of Color
State Advisory Committee Reports
- Human Trafficking in Oregon
- Employment Discrimination in Utah 1997
- Payday Lending in Rhode Island
- October 2018 - Access to Voting Across America: Collected Reports of the State Advisory Committees to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Colorado Constitution’s No Aid to Sectarian Institutions Clause and its Impact on Civil Rights
Recent Correspondence
- Letter to House Judiciary Committee Transmitting Commission’s Minority Voting Rights Access Report, January 2019
- December 2018 Commission Sends Letters to Government Entities Transmitting Alaska Advisory Committee Memorandum on Native Alaska Voting Rights
- Information Request to the Department of Health and Human Services on Family Separation, December 2018
- Information Request to the Department of Homeland Security on Family Separation, August 2018
Recent Congressional
Reports and Testimony
- Request for Congressional Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020
- Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2018
- Request for Congressional Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019
- USCCR Strategic Plan FY 2018 to 2022