NEW YORK, April 17, 2023 – Today, Mobilization for Justice and Simpson Thacher &Bartlett LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a group of New York City students with disabilities and their families, aiming to remedy the New York City Department of Education’s (“NYCDOE’s”) systemic failure to provide special education evaluations to students …
Mobilization for Justice is appalled by the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager in Kansas City who rang the wrong doorbell to pick up his siblings. The white male who answered the door took one look at Yarl and shot him twice in the head and arm. Days after the shooting, the shooter has …
Mobilization for Justice mourns the senseless loss of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man murdered by five Memphis Police Department officers earlier this month. We send our sincerest condolences to Nichols’ family, friends, and community. The images released are harrowing, agonizing, and defy humanity with 23 minutes passing by before Nichols received medical attention. This …
MFJ grieves the attack on all the victims and mourns the loss of Valentino Marcos Alvero, Hongying Jian, Yu Lun Kao, Lilian Li, My Nhan, Ming Wei Ma, Diana Man Ling Tom, Muoi Dai Ung, Chia Ling Yau, Wen Tau Yu, and Xiujuan Yu, who were murdered in a mass shooting in Monterey Park. We …
On Monday, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his profound contributions to justice and equity in the U.S. and around the world. King famously once said that “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” At Mobilization for Justice, we take King’s words and work to heart. When …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, January 5, 2023 – Today, four New York City residents filed a federal class action lawsuit exposing the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC)’s practice of targeting thousands of people of color in undercover sting operations to pad its coffers. The lawsuit was filed by Mobilization for Justice, …
It is unfortunate and with despair that we again are compelled to write another statement condemning hate-filled violence in 21st Century America. This past weekend there was an attack on the LGBTQIA+ community in Club Q in Colorado Springs, where five people were murdered by a lone gunman in his early 20s; two men in …
Kentaji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the first Black woman and public defender to join the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a huge victory for our country, but especially for underrepresented and underserved communities. Of course our nation still has vast progress to make towards equality and justice. The Supreme Court has recently …
The horrors seem endless. Yesterday, a man with a gun entered an elementary school classroom, murdered at least 19 children and two adults, and injured several others. Last weekend, another man with a gun entered a church, murdered one person, and injured five others. We mourn the horrific and tragic loss of lives cut short …
We are appalled by today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Bodily autonomy and medical privacy are some of the most basic human rights. The right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is an essential means of exercising these rights. The obliteration of legal abortion nationwide will not end abortion nationwide. It will only make …
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