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Press Release 05.15.24

AI Roadmap Reflects a Step Toward Bipartisanship, Congress Must Do More to Prevent Civil Rights Harms

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund, issued the following statement on the recently released bipartisan legislative proposal on artificial intelligence (AI) from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D. N.Y., and U.S. Senators Mike Rounds, R. S.D., Todd Young, R. Ind., and Martin Heinrich, D. N.M.:

Press Release 04.17.24

Judge Rebecca Pennell Will Bring Crucial Experience to the Federal Bench

WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on several judicial nominees, including the nomination of Judge Rebecca Pennell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington:

Press Release 04.9.24

The Center for Civil Rights and Technology Announces New Advisory Council

WASHINGTON — Today the Center for Civil and Rights Technology, an advocacy hub of The Leadership Conference Education Fund and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, announced the creation of an advisory council made up of civil society leaders, as well as academics, who have published and spoken about critical issues at the intersection of civil rights and technology policy.

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