2002 PRESS RELEASES, ADVISORIES AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

12/12/02 Commission Condemns Senator Trent Lott’s Remarks, Questions Record on Civil Rights
12/10/02 Commission Hears from NYC Immigrant Community Leaders on Education, Voting, Labor, and Post-9/11 Concerns
11/01/02 Commission Sends Monitors to South Florida for November 5 Elections
11/01/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Observes National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
10/07/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Explores Civil Rights in the Delta
10/02/02

Civil Rights Commission Publishes Ten-Year Agency Check Up; Report Evaluates Federal Action on Civil Rights Enforcement
10/02/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Observes Disability Awareness Month
09/18/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
09/06/02 Education Tops Civil Rights Commission's September Agenda
07/24/02 Civil Rights Commission Reaffirms Commitment to Protecting Rights of Arab Americans and Muslims
07/23/02 Department of Homeland Security Needs Civil Rights Watchdog
07/15/02 Midwest Advisory Committees Explore Shifts in Civil Rights Post-9/11
06/13/02 Has Election Reform Gone Far Enough? U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Returns to Florida to Find Out.
06/06/02 Public Officials, Community Activists Set to Join Civil Rights Commission for Florida Voting Rights Briefing
05/23/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Continues Review of Florida Election Reform
05/20/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Expresses Concern over Plight of Haitian Refugees
05/15/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Tackles Consequences of Racial Data Collection
05/14/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Appeal Adverse Decision in Dispute over Commissioner Terms; Welcomes Peter Kirsanow as Newest Commissioner
05/09/02 Statement on Ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Regarding Terms on U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
04/29/02 Commission Honors Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
04/17/02 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Concludes: Federal Enforcement Funding is Inadequate
04/17/02 IDEA Briefing Reveals Flaws in Legislation; Civil Rights Commission Hears from Advocates and Experts
04/12/02 Reauthorization of Major Disabilities Law Focus of Civil Rights Commission Briefing
04/08/02 IDEA Funding, Racism in Alaska Top Civil Rights Commission Agenda
03/14/02: U.S. Public Health System Unprepared for Bioterrorism Attack, 40 Million Uninsured Face Greatest Risk
03/14/02: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Celebrates Women's History Month
02/14/02: U.S. Civil Rights Commission Vision Reflected in Theme of National African American History Month
02/07/02: Federal Officials to Testify on Environmental Policies and Practices before Civil Rights Commission
02/04/02: Landmark Legal Ruling Preserves Independence of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
01/23/02: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Continues to Probe Environmental Justice Issues
01/18/02: Statement by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
01/04/02: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Intervenes in Lawsuit to Defend Statute, Agency's Independence