This could be a great opportunity to open Congress' eyes to 21st Century discrimination, to the state's responsibility for creating policies and practices that entrench and reproduce old forms of discrimination, and creating so-called race blind policies that have disparate impact on minority populations.
Advocates and activists should take this opportunity to make their voices heard on the pressing need to implement CERD's mandate to eliminate all forms of discrimination at this crucial turning point in American history.
Statements are due by Dec. 14 and should be submitted to Heloisa Griggs,Counsel to U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin, at Heloisa_griggs@judiciary-dem.senate.gov.
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Caitlin is a Legal Research Associate who joined the staff at Kirwan as an intern during her second year of law school in 2008. Before working at Kirwan, Caitlin worked as a political organizer for the Michigan Democratic Party in the 2004 election, as an assistant to the State and Local policy director at the AFL-CIO, and assisted with the United Auto Worker's organization of the Foxwood Casino dealers. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and her J.D. from Ohio State's Moritz College of Law, focusing her studies on civil rights, criminal defense, and employment law.
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