PRESS CALL: Senator Coons, Civil Rights, Legislation Enforcement, and Conservative Leaders Urge Swift Affirmation of Vanita Gupta to Justice Division

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rafael Medina, [email protected]202,869,0390

WASHINGTON – Tuesday, March 2 at 12 p.m. ET, Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) And civil rights activists, law enforcement and Conservative leaders will hold a press conference calling on the Senate to swiftly approve Vanita Gupta as the next Associate Attorney General in the US Department of Justice. The Senate is expected to hold a hearing on her nomination on March 9.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with more than 100 organizations, sent the Senate a letter of support confirming Gupta. A fierce civil rights advocate, she has dedicated her career to promoting racial and social justice and equality for all. She is respected and widely recognized as a consensus builder. If this were confirmed, she would be the first black woman to hold this role.

To register, please register here or send an email to Rafael Medina at [email protected].

WHEN:
Tuesday March 2nd | 12:00 p.m. ET

WHO:

Speaker:
Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Mark Holden, former General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Koch Industries
Chris Magnus, Chief of Police, Tucson Police Department
J.anet Murguía, President and CEO of UnidosUS
Marc Levin, former director, Right on Crime
David Mahoney, Dane County, WI Sheriff and President of the National Sheriffs’ Association
Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center
Art Acevedo, Police Commissioner of the Houston Police Department and President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association
Sarah Longwell, executive director, Defending Democracy Together
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
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Moderator:
Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all people in the United States. The Leadership Conference works towards an America that is as good as its ideals. More information about the Leadership Conference and its member organizations can be found at www.civilrights.org.

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