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• November 21, 2019 - Georgia Advisory Committee Releases Report on Disability Rights and Civil Rights (Press Release)
• November 19 & 21, 2019 – Pennsylvania Advisory Committee Briefings: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Addressing Disparate Discipline of Students of Color, Students with Disabilities, & LGBTQ Students Hate Crimes (Press Release)
• November 1, 2019 – Wyoming Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Hate Crimes (Press Release)
• November 1, 2019 – Wyoming Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Hate Crimes (Information Flyer)
• November 7, 2019 – District of Columbia Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Mental Health, Mental Health Courts and the Criminal Justice System (Press Release)
• October 18, 2019 – Arizona Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities (Press Release)
• October 16, 2019 – California Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Immigration Enforcement Impacting California Children (Press Release)
• October 16, 2019 - California Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Immigration Enforcement Impacting California Children (Information Flyer)
• September 26, 2019 - Alaska Advisory Committee Releases Report on Alaska Native Voting Rights (Press Release)
• September 19, 2019 - Nevada Advisory Committee Releases Report on Mental Health Implications for Policing Practices & Administration of Justice (Press Release)
• September 12, 2019 – Colorado Advisory Committee Releases Report – Citizenship Delayed: Civil Rights & Voting Rights Implications in the Backlog in Citizenship & Naturalization Applications
• October 3, 2019 - Utah Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Gender Wage Gap (Press Release)
• October 3, 2019 - Utah Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Gender Wage Gap (Information Flyer)
• August 29, 2019 – Commission Announces Appointments to Nine State Advisory Committees (Press Release)
• August 29, 2019 - Wyoming Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Hate Crimes (Press Release)
• August 29, 2019 - Wyoming Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Hate Crimes (Information Flyer)
• July 12, 2019 - Maine Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Hate Crimes (Press Release)
• June 11, 2019 – Rhode Island Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Hate Crimes (Press Release)
• June 12 and 13, 2019 – New York Advisory Committee Public Briefings: Equity in Education Funding (Press Release)
• June 13, 2019 – Nebraska Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Prisons and Mental Health Services (Press Release)
• June 13, 2019 – Nebraska Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Prisons and Mental Health Services (Information Flyer)
• May 20, 2019 - Vermont Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Disciplinary Practices in Schools (Information Flyer)
• May 10, 2019 - Florida Advisory Committee Announces Study on Voting Rights and Calls for Public Comment (Press Release)
• May 23, 2019 - Mississippi Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Prosecutorial Discretion (Press Release)
• May 23, 2019 - Mississippi Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Prosecutorial Discretion (Information Flyer)
• May 2, 2019 - Connecticut Advisory Committee Releases Memorandum Recommending Legislation on Prosecutorial Practices (Press Release)
• April 30 and May 3, 2019 - Indiana Advisory Committee Web Briefings - Lead Poisoning (Press Release)
• April 30 and May 3, 2019 - Indiana Advisory Committee Web Briefings - Lead Poisoning (Information Flyer)
• May 3, 2019 - Illinois Advisory Committee Public Briefing on Fair Housing (Press Release)
• May 3, 2019 - Nevada Advisory Committee Community Forum: Policing Practices and Administration of Justice (Information Flyer)
• May 3, 2019 - Nevada Advisory Committee Community Forum: Policing Practices and Administration of Justice (Press Release)
• April 30, 2019 – Michigan Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Voting Rights (Press Release)
• April 30, 2019 – Michigan Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• April 23, 2019 - Arkansas Advisory Committee Community Forum: Mass Incarceration (Information Flyer)
• April 23, 2019 - Arkansas Advisory Committee Community Forum: Mass Incarceration (Press Release)
• April 19, 2019 - Mississippi Advisory Committee Web-Based Hearing: Prosecutorial Discretion (Press Release)
• April 19, 2019 - Mississippi Advisory Committee Web-Based Hearing: Prosecutorial Discretion (Information Flyer)
• April 16, 2019 - Ohio Advisory Committee Community Forum: Education Funding (Press Release)
• April 16, 2019 - Ohio Advisory Committee Community Forum: Education Funding (Information Flyer)
• March 29, 2019 - Virginia Advisory Public Briefing: Hate Crimes (Press Release)
• March 27, 2019 – Tennessee Advisory Committee Public Briefing: Legal Financial Obligation (Information Flyer)
• March 25, 2019 - Arkansas Advisory Committee Web-Based Hearing: Mass Incarceration (Information Flyer)
• March 25, 2019 – Arkansas Advisory Committee Web-Based Hearing: Mass Incarceration (Press Release)
• 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 4, 2019 Vermont Advisory Committee Community Forum: School Disciplinary Practices (Information Flyer)
• February 15, 2019 - Idaho Advisory Committee Announces Study on Native American Voting Rights & Calls for Public Comment (Press Release)
• February 15, 2019 - Oregon Advisory Committee Releases Report on Human Trafficking (Press Release)
• February 22, 2019 - Colorado Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Backlog in Citizenship and Naturalization Applications (Press Release)
• October 16, 2018 – Michigan Advisory Committee Calls for Comment on Voting Rights Project
• October 10, 2018 - Vermont Advisory Committee Releases Report on Housing Discrimination (Press Release)
• October 3, 2018 - New Mexico Advisory Committee Releases Report on Elder Abuse (Press Release)
• September 21, 2018 - Tennessee Advisory Committee Releases Report on Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws & Practices (Press Release)
• September 14, 2018 Ohio Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Education Funding (Information Flyer)
• Louisiana Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases a Briefing Paper: Barriers to Voting in Louisiana (Press Release)
• September 14, 2018 Ohio Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Education Funding (Press Release)
• September 7, 2018 Arkansas Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Mass Incarceration (Press Release)
• September 7, 2018 Arkansas Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Mass Incarceration (Information Flyer)
• August 24, 2018 Maryland Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Disproportionate Discipline in Schools (Information Flyer)
• Alabama Advisory Committee Releases Summary of Testimony on Access to Voting, June 2018 (Press Release)
• Arizona Advisory Committee Releases Memorandum on Voting Rights, July 2018 (Press Release)
• August 9, 2018 Nevada Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Impact of Policing Practices on Administration of Justice (Press Release)
• August 9, 2018 Nevada Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Impact of Policing Practices on Administration of Justice (Information Flyer)
• Texas Advisory Committee Releases Memorandum on Voting Rights, July 2018 (Press Release)
• Indiana Advisory Committee Releases Memorandum on Voting Rights, July 2018 (Press Release)
• July 19, 2018 West Virginia Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Felony Records: Collateral Consequences (Press Release)
• Ohio Advisory Committee Releases Advisory Memorandum on Voting Rights, May 2018 (Press Release)
• July 19, 2018 West Virginia Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Felony Records: Collateral Consequences (Information Flyer)
• Alaska Advisory Committee Releases Memorandum on Native Alaska Voting Rights, March 2018 (Press Release)
• Advisory Committee Membership Rosters
• April 27, 2018 Rhode Island Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Payday Lending (Press Release)
• May 2018 Oregon Advisory Committee Public Meetings: Human Trafficking (Information Flyer)
• April & May 2018 Oregon Advisory Committee Public Meetings: Human Trafficking (Press Release)
• April 2018 Oregon Advisory Committee Public Meetings: Human Trafficking (Information Flyer)
• March 29, 2018 Indiana Advisory Committee Community Forum in Gary: Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• March 29, 2018 Montana Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Border Town Discrimination (Press Release)
• Minnesota Advisory Committee Releases Report on Civil Rights and Policing Practices, March 2018 (Press Release)
• New York Advisory Committee Releases Report on "Broken Windows" Policing in NYC and General NYPD Accountability to the Public, March 2018 (Press Release)
• April 2018 Oregon Advisory Committee Public Meetings: Human Trafficking (Information Flyer)
• March 21, 2018 Maine Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• March 21, 2018 Maine Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Press Release)
• Illinois Advisory Committee to U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report on Voting Rights, February 2018 (Press Release)
• March 13, 2018 Texas Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Press Release)
• March 13, 2018 Texas Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• 13 de marzo del 2018 Plenario Publico: Derechos de Votar en Texas (Informacion del Evento)
• March and April 2018 Kansas Advisory Committee Public Meetings: Barriers to Equal Access to Educational Opportunity (Press Release)
• March 2, 2018 Ohio Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Press Release)
• March 2, 2018 Ohio Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• March 9, 2018 Arizona Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Press Release)
• March 9, 2018 Arizona Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• 9 de marzo del 2018 Plenario Publico: Derechos de Votar en Arizona (Informacion del Evento)
• February 27, 2018 Georgia Advisory Committee Public Meeting: the Olmstead Decision (Press Release)
• February 22, 2018 Alabama Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Access to Voting (Press Release)
• Indiana Advisory Committee to Hear Testimony and Public Comment on Voting Rights (Press Release)
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for New Jersey, North Dakota, and Rhode Island (Press Release)
• December 6, 2017 Louisiana Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Barriers to Voting (Press Release)
• November 15, 2017 Louisiana Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Barriers to Voting (Press Release)
• Virginia Advisory Committee Announces its Plans to Hold a Public Meeting: Hate Crimes in Virginia - Incidence and Response (Press Release)
• November 1, 2017 Delaware Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Implicit Bias and Policing in Communities of Color (Press Release)
• November 1, 2017 Delaware Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Policing in Communities of Color (Information Flyer)
• August 2017 Activities, Briefings, and Reports: State Advisory Committees of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• Commission Sends Letters to Government Entities Transmitting Ohio Advisory Committee Report on Human Trafficking and Civil Rights
• Alaska Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Alaska Native Voting Rights (Press Release)
• Alaska Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Alaska Native Voting Rights (Information Flyer)
• July 2017 Activities, Briefings, and Reports: State Advisory Committees of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Public Meeting: Civil Rights and Civil Asset Forfeiture
• California Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report on Voting Integrity
• U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Appoints Montana State Advisory Committee Members
• Wisconsin Advisory Committee Releases Report: Hate Crime and Civil Rights in Wisconsin (Press Release)
• Nevada Advisory Committee Releases Findings on Municipal Fines and Fees in Advisory Memorandum
• Recent Activities, Briefings, and Reports: State Advisory Committees of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• Ohio Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report: Human Trafficking and Civil Rights in Ohio
• Maine Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Hold Public Briefing on the Criminalization of People with Mental Illnesses (Press Release)
• Colorado Advisory Committee to Hold Public Briefing on the Blaine Amendment and its Impact in the State
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for Michigan and New Hampshire (Press Release)
• Connecticut Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Recommends Legislation on Solitary Confinement (Press Release)
• April 2017 Commission Newsletter to State Advisory Committee Members
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for Alaska and Arizona (Press Release)
• Maine Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report: Human Trafficking in Maine (Press Release)
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces the Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for Four States (Press Release)
• Kansas Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report: Civil Rights and the Kansas Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act (Press Release)
• South Dakota Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Briefing: The Subtle Effects of Racism in South Dakota (Press Release)
• Nevada Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Public Meeting: Municipal Fines and Fees in Nevada (Press Release)
• Nevada Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Municipal Fines and Fees in Nevada (Information Flyer)
• New York Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Police Practices and Accountability in New York City (Information Flyer)
• Minnesota Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Public Meeting: Civil Rights and Police Practices in Minnesota (Press Release)
• Minnesota Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Civil Rights and Police Practices in Minnesota (Information Flyer)
• Illinois Advisory Committee Public Meeting: Civil Rights and Voting in Illinois (Information Flyer)
• Connecticut Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Hold Briefing on Solitary Confinement (Press Release)
• Illinois Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Public Meeting: Voting Rights in Illinois (Press Release)
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for Five States and the District of Columbia (Press Release)
• Indiana Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report: Civil Rights and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Indiana (Press Release)
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for Arkansas, Iowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (PDF)
• MI Advisory Committee Releases Report on Civil Asset Forfeiture in the State (PDF)
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Appoints Connecticut State Advisory Committee Members (PDF) (Press Release)
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Advisory Committee Members for Kansas (PDF) (Press Release)
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Letter to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding the Oklahoma State Advisory Committee Report “Civil Rights and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Oklahoma” (PDF)
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Regarding the Oklahoma State Advisory Committee Report “Civil Rights and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Oklahoma” (PDF)
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Washington Advisory Committee Members (PDF) (Press Release)
• The U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointment of Tennessee Advisory Committee Members (PDF) (Press Release)
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Appoints State Advisory Committee Members For Connecticut, Delaware, New York, and Vermont (PDF) (Press Release)
• WI Advisory Committee to Hear Testimony on Hate Crimes in the State (PDF) (Press Release)
• MO Advisory Committee Issues Report on Police-Community Relations (PDF) (Press Release)
• OK Advisory Committees Releases Report on School-to-Prison Pipeline in the State (PDF) (Press Release)
• IL Advisory Committee Issue Report on Environmental Justice (PDF) (Press Release)
• MI Advisory Committee to Hold Meeting on Civil Asset Forfeiture (PDF) (Press Release)
• MI Advisory Committee Civil Asset Forfeiture Flyer (PDF) (Press Release)
• Nebraska Advisory Committee issues report on state-level immigration enforcement (PDF) (Press Release)
• NC Advisory Committee to hold meeting on environmental justice (PDF) (Press Release)
• NC Advisory Committee environmental justice flyer (PDF) (Press Release)
• IL Advisory Committee environmental justice flyer (PDF) (Press Release)
• IL Advisory Committee to hold meeting on environmental justice (PDF) (Press Release)
• MS Advisory Committee releases report on civil rights issues and federal childcare subsidies (Press Release)
• Commission appoints members of Wisconsin Advisory Committee (Press Release)
• IN Advisory Committee to hold meeting on school-to-prison pipeline (Press Release)
• IN Advisory Committee School-to-Prison Pipeline Flyer (Press Release)
• KS Advisory Committee to hold public meeting on voting rights in state (Press Release)
• KS Advisory Committee Voting Rights Flyer (Press Release)
• Commission appoints members of South Dakota Advisory Committee (Press Release)
• OK Advisory Committee to hear testimony on school - to -prison pipeline in the state (Press Release)
• MO Advisory Committee to hold second public meeting on police - Community Relations in the State (Press Release)
• NE SAC to hold meetings on federal impact of state immigration statute (Press Release)
• MO SAC to hold meeting on police – community relations February 23 in St. Louis (Press Release)