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Advancing Justice – AAJC, Legal Defense Fund, Lawyers’ Committee, and North Carolina Justice Center Reaffirm Support for Race-Conscious Admissions Policy in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public and private universities have instituted race-conscious admissions policies to combat the race-based barriers that continue to pervade our society.
Civil Rights Groups Submit Amicus Brief Urging Support for Admission Policies that Protect Equal Educational Opportunities
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Civil Rights Groups Submit Amicus Brief Urging Support for Admission Policies that Protect Equal Education Opportunity for All Children
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of Dismissing Montgomery County (MD) Magnet School Admissions Case
LDF, Advancing Justice-AAJC, Latino Justice PRLDEF, and Ballard Spahr File Amicus Brief in Support of Dismissing Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education
Statement on Federal Judge Blocking Efforts by Fairfax County School District to Remove Unfair Barriers to Educational Opportunities
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Today, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia enjoined revisions to the admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) that created more equal access for Black, Latinx, and underserved Asian American students, who had long been unfairly excluded from the elite public high school.
As Supreme Court Decides to Hear SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, affirms its support for race-conscious college admissions and releases the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC:
The Law and Facts are Clear: Race-Conscious Admissions is Meaningful, Necessary and Constitutional
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Washington D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review of two federal court decisions upholding race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC).
Every generation has a moment of awakening. This year provided a few seminal moments that threatened to either rip the Nation apart or bring us together. The Asian American community became the target for those looking to blame COVID-19 on someone. Instantly, our community was dealing with the dual pandemic of the coronavirus and racism. Several politicians stoked those embers of hate with rhetoric that firmly put a bullseye on the back of every Asian American.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF Lead Legal Team in Battle Over Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Admissions Policies
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Washington, DC — Today, civil rights groups Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice-AAJC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.