The Leadership Conference Education Fund Programs & Projects
The Leadership Conference Education Fund
builds public will for federal policies that promote and protect the civil and
human rights of all persons in the United States. The Education Fund's campaigns
empower and mobilize advocates around the country to push for progressive
change in the United States.
Below are some of the highlights of The
Education Fund's work, which illustrate its unique role as the research,
education, field organizing, and communications arm of the civil rights
coalition.
Ongoing
publications
National
Public Education Campaigns
- Transportation Equity
– a campaign to educate Americans about the need to expand access to
affordable and reliable transportation, which widens opportunity and is
essential to addressing poverty, unemployment, and other equal opportunity
goals such as access to good schools and health care services.
(2011-current)
- Americans for a Fair
Chance -
a campaign to educate Americans about the benefits of affirmative action,
timed to coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the University
of Michigan affirmative action cases. (2003-current)
- Partners Against Hate
- a program of outreach, public education, and training designed to
prevent, deter, and reduce juvenile hate-related behavior (in
collaboration with the Anti-Defamation League and the Center for the
Prevention of Hate Violence)
- Census 2010: It's Time. Make
Yourself Count. - a national and grassroots
campaign to make sure that hard-to-count communities are informed about,
and participate in, the 2010 census (2009-2010)
- Digital Television Transition
- a national and grassroots campaign to make sure that the most affected
and most vulnerable communities are informed about the transition to
digital television (2008-2009)
- Save Our Courts
- a national campaign to educate the public and advocates about the
importance of a fair and independent judiciary (2005-2006)
- Protect Voting
Rights: Renew the VRA - a national and grassroots
education campaign about the need for strong and vigorous voting rights
protections (2005-2006)
- Realize the Dream
- a national campaign to inform the nation of the progress made since Brown v. Board of Education, and the important work left to be done. (2004-2010)
- Restore Civil Rights
- a national campaign to educate Americans about how our civil rights are
being eroded and FAIRNESS: The Civil Rights Act of 2004 (2004)
- Fair Housing Law: an
award-winning multimedia campaign to increase public awareness of the
Fair Housing Act and its protections, encourage the reporting of fair
housing discrimination, and provide resources to help communities and
institutions support individuals and families who exercise their fair
housing rights. (2003)
- Everyone
Counts! Census Education -
a national public education campaign to increase understanding of the
importance of a fair and accurate census. (2000)
- National
Anti-Discrimination Campaign - a long-term
education and communications campaign in partnership with the Ad Council
to promote interracial understanding, to combat bigotry of all kinds, and
to help build a new national consensus to work toward the elimination of
discrimination
- Immigration
Reform Campaign - a public education campaign
focused on legislative and administrative policies that undermine the
rights of noncitizens
Awards
- Ad
Council's Golden Bell Award for the Best PSA of 2003
