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  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 6:23 PM

We Must End Anti-Asian Violence and Racism

We Must End Anti-Asian Violence and Racism The National Center for Law and Economic Justice joins in solidarity with Asian American communities in opposing racist violence. View this email in your browser Hi Friend, …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 7:15 PM

Here’s what the Biden administration should do

Here’s what the Biden administration should do The Biden administration can advance economic justice in the first 100 days. View this email in your browser Hi Friend, Today, as the NCLEJ staff and I watch the inaug…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 8:18 PM

Our work ahead is built on 2020 victories

Our work ahead is built on 2020 victories Here are just a few of our accomplishments this past year. View this email in your browser Happy New Year ! Here we are in 2021 – and already the stakes are high to protect …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
December 24, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Season's Greetings from NCLEJ!

Season's Greetings from NCLEJ! View this email in your browser Best wishes for peaceful and joyful holidays for you and your family and a New Year that moves us closer to real equity and justice for all. Donate …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
December 2, 2020 at 5:25 PM

Exciting news! Sen. Cory Booker will join us at our event!

Exciting news! Sen. Cory Booker will join us at our event! Please join me at NCLEJ’s virtual benefit, with awards to Sarah Dodds-Brown,  Martha Morgan, Henry Sanders, and Faya Rose Touré, leaders in justice. View this email in your browser Hi …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 25, 2020 at 4:42 PM

NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit -- December 8

NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit -- December 8 Please join me at NCLEJ’s virtual benefit, with awards to Sarah Dodds-Brown,  Martha Morgan, Henry Sanders, and Faya Rose Touré, leaders in justice. View this email in your browser Hi , As we head int…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 18, 2020 at 5:22 PM

NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit -- December 8

NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit -- December 8 View this email in your browser Register for NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 10, 2020 at 7:24 PM

NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit -- December 8

NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit -- December 8 View this email in your browser Register for NCLEJ Virtual Awards Benefit …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 2, 2020 at 5:19 PM

A Precedent-Setting Win for People with Disabilities in Michigan!

A Precedent-Setting Win for People with Disabilities in Michigan! Forcing people with disabilities to remain isolated in their homes is a violation of their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. View this email in your browser …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
October 28, 2020 at 4:29 PM

A victory for immigrant workers in Vermont

A victory for immigrant workers in Vermont View this email in your browser Hi ,   Join us in celebrating a victory today! Our plaintiff Migrant Justice just marched to the Burlington federal courthouse to announce we …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
October 28, 2020 at 2:10 PM

NCLEJ's Virtual Awards Benefit - Tuesday, December 8th

NCLEJ's Virtual Awards Benefit - Tuesday, December 8th View this email in your browser …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
October 8, 2020 at 4:44 PM

NCLEJ Files Lawsuit to Protect Personal Ventilator Users

NCLEJ Files Lawsuit to Protect Personal Ventilator Users New York State has a policy for rationing medical resources -- like ventilators -- during emergency health crises View this email in your browser Hi , Did you…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
September 15, 2020 at 7:24 PM

NCLEJ Joins Buffalo Community in Call for Police Accountability and Upholding the Repeal of 50-A

NCLEJ Joins Buffalo Community in Call for Police Accountability and Upholding the Repeal of 50-A View this email in your browser NCLEJ, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the law firm of Gib…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 4:17 PM

Celebrating the Americans With Disability Act and fighting illegal drivers license suspensions.

Celebrating the Americans With Disability Act and fighting illegal drivers license suspensions. View this email in your browser In the last several weeks, NCLEJ has weighed in on two important issues central to the o…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
July 10, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Updates in our fight against debtors' prison and unfair work requirements -- A new addition to our legal team

Updates in our fight against debtors' prison and unfair work requirements -- A new addition to our legal team View this email in your browser This week has brought some welcome news for NCLEJ. Plaintiffs challenging …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 6:19 PM

Fighting for workers and the marginalized during quarantine

Fighting for workers and the marginalized during quarantine View this email in your browser In spite of constraints imposed by the COVID-19, NCLEJ has been active in the courts and its outreach to the public on a rang…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 6:46 PM

Unfair debt collection and disability rights

Unfair debt collection and disability rights View this email in your browser NCLEJ continues its efforts to further racial and economic justice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the repeated, appalling assault…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 8:46 PM

NCLEJ Condemns Trump Administration’s Rule to Rollback ACA’s Non-Discrimination Provisions and Applauds SCOTUS Protection for LGBTQ+ People

NCLEJ Condemns Trump Administration’s Rule to Rollback ACA’s Non-Discrimination Provisions and Applauds SCOTUS Protection for LGBTQ+ People View this email in your browser Last week Friday, the Trump administration f…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Statement on Recent News Events

Statement on Recent News Events View this email in your browser Statement on Recent News Events Recent events during the time of pandemic point to a systemic failure to recognize the inherent worth of people of color…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
May 14, 2020 at 6:47 PM

NCLEJ in the news

 NCLEJ in the news Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. The COVID-19 Pandemic has pointed out the many ways in which key aspects of the economic system are broken. In stories in the New York Times, German new…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
May 11, 2020 at 6:44 PM

NCLEJ in the news

 NCLEJ in the news Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Although much of the press attention on COVID-19 focuses appropriately on the health and employment impacts (both areas in which NCLEJ is actively invol…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
May 4, 2020 at 7:55 PM

Please Help on Giving Tuesday Now

 Please Help on Giving Tuesday Now Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. On this Giving Tuesday Now, please include the National Center for Law and Economic Justice in your giving plans. Our work has never be…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
May 4, 2020 at 4:17 PM

Senior Staff Attorney provides important guidance nationwide regarding public benefits and COVID-19

 Senior Staff Attorney provides important guidance nationwide regarding public benefits and COVID-19 Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Greg Bass, Senior Attorney with NCLEJ, was asked by the American Bar A…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Honoring Workers on Workers Memorial Day

 Honoring Workers on Workers Memorial Day Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Today, Workers Memorial Day, we honor workers who died on the job. The day is a vivid reminder of the risks that so many workers…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
April 24, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Renewing the Fight Against Discriminatory Policing in Buffalo

 Renewing the Fight Against Discriminatory Policing in Buffalo Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. On April 23rd, NCLEJ filed an amended complaint in Black Love Resists in the Rust v. City of Buffalo. Five a…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 5:49 PM

What COVID-19 Laid Bar

 What COVID-19 Laid Bar Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. The old saying that when America catches a cold, Black people get the flu has been quoted often recently. And for good reason. Covid-19 has highlig…
  "Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director" · [email protected]
April 17, 2020 at 7:08 PM

NCLEJ signs on to Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania v. Trump

 NCLEJ signs on to Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania v. Trump Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Despite the need to ramp up our work in support of those adversely affected by Covid-19, there is a continuing nee…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
April 15, 2020 at 2:51 PM

Halt Debt Collection During the Covid-19 Crisis

 Halt Debt Collection During the Covid-19 Crisis Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. NCLEJ joined New Economy Project and partners to submit a petition to Gov. Cuomo calling for an immediate moratorium on de…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
April 13, 2020 at 7:11 PM

NCLEJ in the Time of Covid-19

 NCLEJ in the Time of Covid-19 Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. The Covid-19 Pandemic has had an impact worldwide but its effects have been particularly harshly felt by certain vulnerable groups. Public be…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
April 11, 2020 at 3:14 PM

In Memoriam: NCLEJ Board Member Steven Edwards

 In Memoriam: NCLEJ Board Member Steven Edwards Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. NCLEJ is deeply saddened that our dedicated board member, Steven Edwards, passed away on April 8, 2020, due to complicati…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 3:14 PM

NCLEJ’s Statement in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

 NCLEJ’s Statement in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. NCLEJ stands in solidarity with and in support of those that have been most affected by the COVID-19 crisis as it co…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 9:06 PM

Carrying on MLK’s Fight for Economic Justice

 Carrying on MLK’s Fight for Economic Justice Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Greetings from NCLEJ at the beginning of a new year and new decade. As it has for nearly sixty years, NCLEJ continues to work…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 10:01 PM

Marc Cohan’s Retirement and NCLEJ Transitions

 Marc Cohan’s Retirement and NCLEJ Transitions Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Marc Cohan’s work as senior staff attorney, litigation director, and executive director of the National Center for Law and …
  Marc Cohan. Director of Litigation · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Marc Cohan to Retire From NCLEJ After 23 Years

 Marc Cohan to Retire From NCLEJ After 23 Years Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Dear Friend of NCLEJ:   I am writing to let you know that, after more than 23 years of working at NCLEJ, I am retiring as o…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
December 5, 2019 at 3:59 PM

NCLEJ Condemns Trump Administration's Draconian SNAP "Work Requirement"

 NCLEJ Condemns Trump Administration's Draconian SNAP "Work Requirement" Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Today, the Trump Administration issued a final rule that will deprive 700,000 low-income individua…
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
August 2, 2019 at 2:04 PM

NCLEJ has a productive July

 NCLEJ has a productive July Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Despite the heat and humidity of summer, NCLEJ staff members have remained active and productive. On July 29th, NCLEJ and sister organizations …
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
July 16, 2019 at 3:21 PM

Dennis Parker appears on the NPR Show 1A

 Dennis Parker appears on the NPR Show 1A Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser.   In this NPR 1A Podcast, National Center for Law and Economic Justice Executive Director Dennis D. Parker and Pennsylvania State …
  Dennis D. Parker, Executive Director · [email protected]
July 1, 2019 at 8:06 PM

Leadership support for NCLEJ’s vital mission

 Leadership support for NCLEJ’s vital mission Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. NCLEJ has had several reasons to celebrate recently. The first is the public announcement at the May 28, 2019 Awards Dinner B…