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  Tamara Vasan, Director of Philanthropy · [email protected]
December 6, 2021 at 4:20 PM

Last Chance For Tickets: NCLEJ Catalyst Awards on 12/8

Last Chance For Tickets: NCLEJ Catalyst Awards on 12/8 Get your ticket before Tuesday 5 PM View this email in your browser Get your ticket for the NCLEJ Catalyst Awards. Tickets will close on Tuesday at 5 PM.  Join us as we …
  Claudia Wilner, Director of Litigation & Advocacy · [email protected]
December 2, 2021 at 5:15 PM

It's Time to Celebrate: NCLEJ Catalyst Awards on 12/8

It's Time to Celebrate: NCLEJ Catalyst Awards on 12/8 Get your ticket today View this email in your browser It's time for #JoyfulJustice. So, join us for the NCLEJ Catalyst Awards: A  Celebration of Changemakers on Wednesday, D…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 30, 2021 at 3:14 PM

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. Reflecting on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse View this email in your browser A verdict is not justice. Despite the relief that some may have felt with the convictions of the me…
  Anjana Malhotra, Senior Attorney · [email protected]
November 24, 2021 at 3:14 PM

Gratitude for the Organizers.

Gratitude for the Organizers. Feds Launch Civil Rights Investigation Into BK Pipeline View this email in your browser Cleo Doley, representing the Indigenous Kinship Collective, a community of urban Indigenous womxn, femmes,…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 16, 2021 at 3:59 PM

It's a Gala! It's Virtual! It's Going to Be Incredible!

It's a Gala! It's Virtual! It's Going to Be Incredible! Featuring Maya Wiley, Deborah Archer, and so many others View this email in your browser Yes, it's a gala. It's virtual. And, it's going to be absolutely incredible. We w…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 8, 2021 at 6:59 PM

Announcing the NCLEJ Catalyst Award Honorees

Announcing the NCLEJ Catalyst Award Honorees Join us on Wednesday, December 8th View this email in your browser The National Center for Law and Economic Justice invite you to the NCLEJ Catalyst Awards: A  Celebration of Changem…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
November 5, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Making Sense of the Election Results

Making Sense of the Election Results How We Move Forward as a City and a Nation View this email in your browser Like most of the country, we are reflecting on the results from Tuesday's elections. How far have we co…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
October 20, 2021 at 2:59 PM

Save the Date: NCLEJ Catalyst Awards

Save the Date: NCLEJ Catalyst Awards Announcing our 2021 Changemakers View this email in your browser JOIN US AS A SPONSOR FOR THE NCLEJ CATALYST AWARDS 2021 …
  Anjana Malhotra · [email protected]
October 11, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day

Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day Continuing to fight the North Brooklyn Pipeline View this email in your browser By Staff Attorney Anjana Malhotra Today we mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day by reflecting on…
  Katrina Tefft · [email protected]
September 29, 2021 at 1:59 PM

What You Need to Know About Buffalo

What You Need to Know About Buffalo NCLEJ's discovery around illegal school zone camera program View this email in your browser By Staff Attorney Karina Tefft   Things are heating up in Buffalo with a c…
  Jarron McAllister, Penn Law Fellow · [email protected]
September 7, 2021 at 4:29 PM

Fixing the DOL is about more than passing a bill

Fixing the DOL is about more than passing a bill You can't get unemployment relief if you can't access it View this email in your browser By Penn Law Fellow, Jarron McAllister  Federal unemployment …
  Leah Lotto, NCLEJ Senior Attorney · [email protected]
September 2, 2021 at 3:44 PM

FILED: FOIA to Demand Closure of Georgia Detention Center

FILED: FOIA to Demand Closure of Georgia Detention Center Seeking end date for ICE operations at Irwin View this email in your browser By NCLEJ Senior Attorney Leah Lotto  NCLEJ filed FOIA and Georg…
  Anjana Malhotra, NCLEJ Senior Attorrney · [email protected]
September 1, 2021 at 1:45 PM

FILED: COMPLAINT ALLEGES NATIONAL GRID & STATE AGENCIES OF BYPASSING LAWS FOR BROOKLYN PIPELINE

FILED: COMPLAINT ALLEGES NATIONAL GRID & STATE AGENCIES OF BYPASSING LAWS FOR BROOKLYN PIPELINE Violations to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act View this email in your browser August 30th Press Conference outside Brownsvi…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
August 27, 2021 at 2:59 PM

Writing a will is a racial and economic justice issue

Writing a will is a racial and economic justice issue Freedom is not just won on the streets.  View this email in your browser By Dennis Parker, Executive Director Did you know August is National Make …
  Saima Akhtar and Katharine Deabler · [email protected]
August 23, 2021 at 5:44 PM

What You Need to Know About TANF at 25

What You Need to Know About TANF at 25 To talk about TANF is to talk about race View this email in your browser By Senior Attorney Saima Akhtar and Staff Attorney Katharine Deabler  NCLEJ’s tagline is:…
  Jordan Berger · [email protected]
July 26, 2021 at 4:43 PM

Celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act

Celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act View this email in your browser Today we celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990, followin…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
July 19, 2021 at 5:57 PM

Join us: Public Meeting with the Presidential Commission on the SCOTUS

Join us: Public Meeting with the Presidential Commission on the SCOTUS NCLEJ to present on Tuesday at 11:45 am  View this email in your browser Dear colleagues,  We invite you to join us for a livestream of testimon…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
July 13, 2021 at 5:34 PM

Last Call: Apply for NCLEJ Legal Fellowship by 7/19/21

Last Call: Apply for NCLEJ Legal Fellowship by 7/19/21 View this email in your browser Dear  Friend,   NCLEJ invites qualified rising third year law students and recent law graduates with a commitment t…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
June 3, 2021 at 7:03 PM

Fighting for Louisianans’ rights

Fighting for Louisianans’ rights View this email in your browser Hi  Friend,   We have a few updates and progress to announce in our cases fighting for better unemployment benefits, disaster assistance, and disability…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
May 24, 2021 at 1:59 PM

We’re deepening our work

We’re deepening our work View this email in your browser Hello ,  As my staff and I reflect on the loss of Black lives over the past year, we are intensifying our commitment to advance racial justice. NCLEJ does this …
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
May 5, 2021 at 3:32 PM

Two ways to take action for workers’ rights

Two ways to take action for workers’ rights View this email in your browser Take action to celebrate May Day Hi ,  Saturday was May Day—an historic day to celebrate workers and amp up the fight to win…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
April 23, 2021 at 3:53 PM

Correction: Welcome NCLEJ’s newest experts!

Correction: Welcome NCLEJ’s newest experts! Anjana Malhotra and Tamara Vasan join the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. View this email in your browser Hi , Whoops! You may have just gotten an email missing some inf…
  Dennis Parker · [email protected]
April 19, 2021 at 1:17 PM

Welcome new staff!

Welcome new staff! Anjana Malhotra and Tamara Vasan join the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. View this email in your browser Donate to NCLEJ …
  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…