Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

The Leadership Conference works on a wide range of issues representative of the breadth of today's civil rights movement. You can find an overview of some of those issues below, or use this site's search function to find information on more specific topics.

Defending Fundamental Freedoms

• Save Our Courts - protecting the independent judiciary
• Fair housing and lending
• Immigrants' rights and immigration policy
• Enforcement of existing civil rights laws

Promoting Civic Engagement

• Voting rights
• Census participation
• Media and telecommunications policy

Ensuring Equal Opportunity

• Affirmative action
• Disability rights
• Indigenous rights
• Religious freedom
• Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered rights (GLBT)
• Equal opportunity in education

Building Stronger Families

• Fair labor practices and workers' rights
• Equal treatment by the criminal justice system
• Anti-poverty programs
• Action against hate crimes
• Preservation of Social Security

Human Rights

• Human Rights - connecting the struggle for social justice in the United States to a broader movement for human rights around the world.