Ms. Turnage Young

LDF’s hearts go out to everyone affected by the wildfires in Maui. Please consider supporting relief efforts by donating to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (@hawaiiancouncil). memberplanet.com/campaign/cnham…

Check out these SupCt amicus briefs supporting diversity in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC. 1240+ social scientists & historians specializing in research on Asian American populations, education & race signed. We support the research community! Links below. #AffirmDiversity #DefendDiversity

LDF, @AAAJ_AAJC, and @LawyersComm are proud to stand with 82 leading corporations and business groups across the country in reaffirming to the Supreme Court that the economy derives direct benefits from employees educated in diverse settings. naacpldf.org/press-release/…

#BREAKING: A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Montgomery County schools race-neutral admissions policies that aim to provide greater access to critical educational opportunities for Black, Latino, underserved Asian American, and other disadvantaged students.

25 Harvard student & alumni orgs represented by LDF have filed a brief in the US Supreme Court in SFFA v Harvard. It asks the Court to uphold 40+ years of precedent holding that it's legally permissible to consider race as one of many factors in admissions.naacpldf.org/press-release/…

🚨 Breaking! 🚨 @NAACP_LDF wins Voting Rights Act case against Alabama’s Congresional maps — requiring AL to draw 2 majority Black districts! Congrats to colleagues @GreaterBhmMin @AlabamaNAACP @ACLUAlabama

TONIGHT: LDF Senior Counsel. Michaele Turnage Young joins @CharlesMBlow on @BNCNews at 10 p.m. ET to discuss the Harvard SCOTUS decision and the value of college and university race-conscious admissions programs.

We know that Black students do not misbehave more than white students, yet in the Pinellas County School District, there were nearly twice as many arrests of Black students than white students in the 2019-2020 school year. youtube.com/watch?v=4vW7uB…

We are proud to stand w/ 
@pccptatweets, 
@ClearwaterNAACP,
@teachingftc,
@onecitychorus,
@allendaleumc,
@AFSCMEFL, LULAC Pinellas, the St. Pete NAACP, FAST, Sunshine Educ. Coal., & fmr Tarpon Springs Mayor Archie in urging @my_pcs to combat the school-to-prison pipeline.

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#PinellasCounty’s “Black community is demanding scrutiny of an agreement concerning interaction between law enforcement and their children.” Read more here: stpetecatalyst.com/sensible-measu…

Today, Policy Director @lcylarbarrett and our client #DeAndreArnold will give testimony in the Texas House of Representatives on the need to pass the #CROWNAct. Natural hair discrimination is racial discrimination--and we can't allow that to stand. tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…