LCCREF is committed to supporting the civil rights coalition and educating target constituencies about the need for strong civil rights and social justice public policy.
Toward that end, LCCREF has undertaken public education and capacity building of the civil rights coalition, and intergroup relations activities and initiatives, in the following issue areas:
LCCREF has produced a number of educational materials that promote the need for equal justice and equal opportunity.
LCCREF closely monitors the enforcement activities of the three branches of the federal government and reports the information through the "Civil Rights MONITOR".
During reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, LCCREF collaborated with the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights to highlight the critical role of the federal government in ensuring equality of educational opportunity.
LCCREF's Realize the Dream project is a national campaign to inform the nation on the progress made since Brown v. Board of Education, and the important work left to be done.
Restore Civil Rights is a national campaign to educate Americans about how our civil rights are being taken away.
LCCREF is working to transform the affirmative action debate so it is grounded in a factual understanding of both the progress made and the continuing racial and gender discrimination in our nation.
LCCREF, NFHA, and the Ad Council have launched a multimedia campaign to combat housing discrimination.
LCCREF is working to increase awareness and understanding of important emerging communications and technology policy matters; place these policies higher on the agenda of national civil rights organizations; and support efforts in local communities to build diverse grassroots coalitions that will work to ensure that the interests of the under-served are represented in these debates.
LCCREF is working to educate the public about electoral reforms needed to assure Americans that every vote counts.
LCCREF's Protect Voting Rights: Renew the VRA project is a national and grassroots education campaign about the need for strong and vigorous voting rights protections.
The Student Activist Network is connecting students around affirmative action and other important issues on campuses nationwide.
commUNITY 2000 LCCREF, the National Fair Housing Alliance, and local partners are developed and implemented local programs to address community tensions that arise when individuals exercise their rights under the Fair Housing Act.
Building on its "Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System"report, LCCREF is developing educational materials and will convene educational meetings and briefings for civil rights advocates, policymakers and their staff, to address the need for reform of the criminal justice system.
LCCREF is examining the detrimental effects to legal and undocumented immigrants caused by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
LCCR and LCCREF took a delegation of 33 individuals to the U.N. World Conference Against Racism and NGO Forum in South Africa.
LCCREF's public service announcement produced with Grammy-award winning musician Dave Matthews, following the September 11 terrorist attacks, reminds the nation that hate will not stop hate.
The Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE), www.racialequity.org, is a four-year project intended to increase the amount and effectiveness of resources aimed at combating institutional and structural racism in communities through capacity building, education, and convening of grantmakers and grantseekers.
