United States Commission on Civil Rights

📢Tomorrow! the will hold their monthly Commission Business Meeting for September. This business meeting will be held in-person and virtually.

For more info: https://www.usccr.gov/meetings/2025/09-19-commission-business-meeting

Tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAHNkRRfdhA

Commission Business Meeting In accordance with the Government in Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), the Commission on Civil Rights is holding a meeting to discuss the Commission’s business for the month. This business meeting is open to the public. Computer assisted real-time transcription (CART) will be provided. The web link to...

is annually celebrated from September 15 to October 15 for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic communities. We are proud to honor their rich heritage and culture and its powerful impact on the United States.

📢 The Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights released a report on the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on K-12 Education. Check out the report: https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2025/effects-covid-19-pandemic-k-12-education-nebraska

📢 The Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights released a report on Civil Rights in Immigrant Detention Centers. Check out the report: https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2025/civil-rights-immigrant-detention-centers-new-mexico

📢 The Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights released a report on Racial Outcomes in Maternal Mortality. Check out the report: https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2025/racial-outcomes-maternal-mortality-texas

in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957, establishing the United States Commission on Civil Rights. It was the first national civil rights legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

https://www.usccr.gov/about/mission

📢TOMORROW! 🗓️9/3, the Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights will hold their third briefing of a series to examine the presence and/or absence of at Colorado universities and colleges.

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📢 The United States Commission on Civil Rights August 2025 Newsletter is out! Click the link for the latest news on the Commission on Civil Rights, our 56 Advisory Committees & the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.

Read the newsletter: https://conta.cc/4fTzGTF

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in 1963, more than 250,000 people took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. gives his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Contextualizing the 1963 March on Washington and the complex history of the struggle associated with it is important as we make connections to the ongoing movement for equality and justice.

📢Next Wednesday🗓️9/3, the Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights will hold their third briefing of a series to examine the presence and/or absence of at Colorado universities and colleges.

For more information, visit: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/JxYbK0i/COACProjectPage

An article from FedScoop talks about the United States Commission on Civil Rights report on the Federal use of Facial Recognition Technology. During a briefing to unveil the report, USCCR Commissioner Mondaire Jones criticized the “significant coercive aspect” of living in a public housing complex “where you don’t have a say in whether you are being surveilled by facial recognition technology. You don’t truly get to opt out of it.”

Check out the report: https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2024/civil-rights-implications-federal-use-facial-recognition-technology

https://fedscoop.com/hud-guidance-facial-recognition-public-housing/

Public housing reps want HUD guidance on facial recognition, GAO says But the watchdog said the agency has “no plans” to update a September 2023 letter on the technology.