Policy Campaigns
At the heart of our mission to create a just society is a desire to build healthy communities across Mississippi. By engaging elected officials, faith-based leaders, media, community activists, educators, childcare providers, healthcare professionals and other advocacy partners, the Mississippi Center for Justice provides the legal perspective to policy initiatives that improve the lives of Mississippians.
Policy initiatives include improving access to healthcare, providing affordable childcare that supports working families, protecting affordable housing programs as a cornerstone of hurricane recovery, ensuring fair discipline systems that foster safe schools where young minds are challenged and nurtured, and demanding a justice system that is founded in fairness and is accessible to all.
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Current Policy Campaigns
Protest by South Delta residents spurs retaliation, new legal action
The protest led by residents of South Delta Regional Housing Authority ...
Building assets through affordable housing
Affordable housing remains a priority for the ...
Removing discriminatory zoning barriers
Even four years after Hurricane Katrina, affordable housing remains elusive for many Mississippi Gulf Coast residents. ...
Putting People Before Ports
Sometimes justice requires a national team to take a fearless stance on ...
Seeking Fair Treatment from Housing Authorities
South Delta Regional Housing Authority is a public ...
Stand With Mississippi
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is still putting ...
Advocacy, litigation used in fight to keep cottages on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Kring family of Waveland, Miss., can now call their ...
Fighting for equity in the recovery effort
Nearly five years after Hurrican Katrina destroyed homes, lives and entire communities along Mississippi's Gulf Coast, thousands of households still find themselves without access to permanent, affordable housing. Here is one story:
As 2009 begins, new challenges face Gulf Coast ...
Missisippi Housing Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Against HUD
The Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and several individual residents today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C. against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its approval of a plan submitted by Mississippi to divert $600 ...
Protecting Voters' Rights
Ensuring Access to the Justice System
The Access to Justice Commission was created by order of the ...
Providing Hope by Preventing Foreclosure
When families lose their homes, neighborhoods falter and communities crumble. These days, it is hard to turn on the television or read the newspaper without seeing harrowing stats and stories about ...
Breaking the Grip of Predatory Lending
Predatory lending offices, such as payday advance locations, check cashers and car title establishments, wreak havoc in low-income and communities of color. Learn more about what we are doing to fight back.
Successful outcome in moratorium on payday lenders
During ...
Supporting Healthy Schools
Far too many of Mississippi’s children find their way into the “schoolhouse to jailhouse” pipeline. “Zero tolerance” school discipline policies in the state’s 150 school districts channel alarming numbers of children into youth courts and juvenile incarceration facilities with little ...
Providing Affordable Childcare to Support Working Parents
Childcare is a necessity for recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast ...
Policy Campaigns
Protest by South Delta residents spurs retaliation, new legal action
Building assets through affordable housing
Removing discriminatory zoning barriers
Seeking Fair Treatment from Housing Authorities
Advocacy, litigation used in fight to keep cottages on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Fighting for equity in the recovery effort
Missisippi Housing Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Against HUD
Ensuring Access to the Justice System
Providing Hope by Preventing Foreclosure
Breaking the Grip of Predatory Lending
Providing Affordable Childcare to Support Working Parents
Making Safe, Affordable Housing a Hallmark of Hurricane Katrina Recovery
Protecting Access to Healthcare
