Leadership Conference On Civil And Human Rights Inc

Programs: Leadership conference on civil and human rights is the nation's premier civil rights coalition, and has coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957. The leadership conference consists of more than 200 national organizations, representing persons of color,women, children, labor unions, individuals with with disabilities, older americans, major religious groups, gays and lesbians, and civil liberties and human rights groups. The leadership conference is committed to a cost-effective, results-oriented central operation that unifies and furthers the efforts of its member organizations.

americans for financial reform is working to lay the foundation for a strong, stable, and ethical financial system - one that serves the economy and the nation as a whole. Afr has been called "the leading voice for wall street accountability" in washington. Through policy analysis, education, and outreach to our members and others, afr builds public will for substantial reform, including: fair rules of the road for consumers and a strong, effective consumer financial protection bureau to set bas

criminal justice: the unequal treatment of people of color in the justice system is one of the most profound civil rights crises facing america in the new century. It undermines the progress we have made over the past five decades in ensuring equality under the law, and calls into doubt our national faith in the rule of that law. Our work helps bring together unique and unlikely allies around the need for comprehensive justice reform and highlights the need for reform in each stage of the justic