The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Press Release - Americans for a Fair Chance

Civil Rights Coalition Works to "Reclaim Access" to Higher Education

For Immediate Release
Contact: Scott Westbrook Simpson, 202.466.2061, simpson@civilrights.org
October 24, 2005

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The Student of Color Campus Diversity Project of the United States Student Association Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth & College Division and Americans for a Fair Chance/Student Activist Network (a project of the of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund) join together with students from across the country to demand that college administrators and public officials take affirmative action to recruit, admit, and retain students, faculty and staff of color, women and other underrepresented communities to institutions of higher education. These demands will be presented as part of the 5th Annual National Take Affirmative Action Day.

National Take Affirmative Action Day will focus on educating and organizing campuses and communities across the country to support and strengthen affirmative action, equal opportunity and recruitment and retention programs. During this day of action, students seeking a stronger commitment to justice and diversity in higher education will conduct a range of events and tactics across the country.