New polling from Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy that show broad, bipartisan support for legislation that would update Mississippi’s hate crimes laws to include sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.
HRC called for committees in both the Mississippi’s House of Representatives and Senate to bring up for a vote bills that would update the state’s hate crimes law.
HRC was proud to host its second annual the Mississippi Youth Leadership Summit in partnership with ACLU of Mississippi and Teen Health Mississippi to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
HRC held its third annual business summit focused on LGBTQ workplace inclusion in Jackson.
Kissell is the new director of Project One America and Donnell is the state director for HRC’s office in Arkansas.
In honor of Bullying Prevention Month, HRC Mississippi and Toyota of Mississippi recently partnered to train Tupelo area educators, parents and students about ways to prevent bias-based bullying.
August 16 was HRC Night at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi.
HRC hailed the Clarksdale Board of Commissioners for passing city-wide non-discrimination protections that include sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, public accommodations and employment.
Diamond Stephens, a 39-year-old Black transgender woman was shot to death June 18 in Meridian, Mississippi.
HRC’s Equality Action Academy is a three-part online training series designed to give you the tools to take action locally in legislative and electoral campaigns.
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