Latest Media Releases/Statements

The ACLU of Mississippi can accommodate journalist inquiries into local and national issues affecting civil rights in Mississippi. To speak with an ACLU expert, please email comms@aclu-ms.org or call (601) 354-3408.

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ACLU of Mississippi Calls on U.S. Attorney General to Investigate Vigilantism in Sumner, MS

CONTACT:

Nsombi Lambright, ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director, (601) 354-3408; nlambright@aclu-ms.org
Derrick Johnson, NAACP State President, (601) 624-7715

August 28, 2009

New Report From ACLU And RWG Finds Racial Profiling Still Pervasive

CONTACT:

Rachel Myers, ACLU, (212) 549-2689 or 2666; media@aclu.org

Aadika Singh, RWG, (202) 296-2300 x 139; asingh@rightsworkinggroup.org

July 1, 2009

God and Abstinence

In May of 2009, the Mississippi Department of Human Services sponsored an abstinence summit in Jackson, Mississippi, using taxpayer funding to proselytize in favor of abstinence from sex before marriage programs.

June 10, 2009

ACLU Mourns The Loss Of Dr. George Tiller, Murdered In An Apparent Act Of Anti-Abortion Violence

Statement By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union And Louise Melling, Director, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

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June 1, 2009

ACLU Worker Found Not Guilty For Observing Police

CONTACT:

Nsombi Lambright, ACLU of Mississippi, (601) 354-3408; nlambright@aclu-ms.org
Kristy Bennett, ACLU of Mississippi, (601) 540-6642; kbennett@aclu-ms.org

April 29, 2009

Youth Around the State Take Vow of Silence to Protest LGBT Discrimination

CONTACT:
Sarah Young at (315) 396-5892 (cell), (601) 354-3408 x 225 (work) or email (syoung@aclu-ms.org)
Elizabeth Pellegrine at (601) 260-1319 (cell) or email (sep145@msu.edu)

April 17, 2009