The Leadership Conference Education Fund

The Leadership Conference Education Fund was founded in 1969 as the education and research arm of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation’s oldest and largest civil and human rights coalition of more than 230 national organizations. The Leadership Conference Education Fund’s Justice Program seeks to create a system that is fair and equitable, respects the humanity of all people, generates meaningful pathways to redemption and rehabilitation, and uses jail and prison as a tool of last resort. As a major stakeholder at the center of a broad and diverse coalition, the Justice Program takes a combined bottom-up/top-down approach to transform the system that addresses structural inequality, racism, and injustice at every stage—from policing and pretrial detention, sentencing and incarceration, to re-entry. This award is in support of general operations to continue the Education Fund’s partnership with the Safety and Justice Challenge.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund (the Education Fund) builds public will for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of every person in the United States. The Education Fund was founded in 1969 as the education and research arm of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation’s oldest and largest civil and human rights coalition of more than 230 national organizations. The award provides flexible support to the organization’s Media and Technology Program, which works to ensure that new technologies further, not hinder, civil rights protections, and to expand media diversity and access to broadband. Illustrative areas of work include advocating for implementation of the White House's Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, ensuring robust oversight over social media platforms, and improving technology platform misinformation and disinformation policies.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund (Leadership Conference) builds public will for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of every person in the United States. The award supports the Leadership Conference to create a report and undertake related awareness raising activities focused on implementation of the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund (Education Fund) builds public will for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of people in the United States. Founded in 1969 as the education and research arm of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the nation’s oldest and largest civil and human rights coalition of more than 200 national organizations, the Education Fund focuses on a range of issues from voting rights to educational equity to justice reform. The Education Fund’s unique proximity to a leading coalition allows it to create public education campaigns that leverage a range of diverse voices to empower and mobilize advocates at the local, state, and federal levels. By activating the power of the coalition, the Education Fund and its partners share innovative research and information around the country and shift the narrative on civil rights. This award renews support for the Education Fund to continue to provide strategy consultation and communications support to the Safety and Justice Challenge by equipping advocates with the tools to secure lasting change and influence policymakers with accurate information to support pretrial justice reform efforts and inform sound decision-making and oversight.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference) is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Together with its sister organization, The Leadership Conference Education Fund (The Education Fund), the Leadership Conference focuses on transforming systems that address structural inequality, racism, and injustice with the goal of creating a more open and just society. While this grant is for general operating support, it will enable The Education Fund’s voter education campaign to focus on the importance of voting at all levels of the ballot, including prosecutors, sheriffs, judges, as well as county and city officials. The goal is to advance voter education, mobilization, and outreach with a focus on communities of color and other historically disenfranchised groups.