2003 PRESS RELEASES, ADVISORIES AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

12/09/03 Commission Explores Intentional Employment Discrimination Patterns
11/20/03 Ohio Advisory Committee Convenes Factfinding Meeting: Hate Crime in Ohio Revisited
11/11/03 Commission Examines Impact of Race on Hispanic American Experience
11/06/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Achieves Management Improvements Despite Decade-Long Budget Cuts, Reports GAO
11/03/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Observes National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
10/22/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Observes Disability Awareness Month
10/22/03

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Advances Environmental Justice with Approval of Not in My Backyard Report

10/14/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Examine Native American Health Care Disparities: Two-Day Trip Will Include Medical Center Visit, Community Meeting, and Briefing
10/08/03 Civil Rights Commission Plans Two-Day New Mexico Trip to Examine Native American Health Care Disparities
10/02/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Observes Hispanic Heritage Month
09/22/03 Commission Addresses Potential for Voter Disenfranchisement in California
09/15/03 Commission Opposes Ban on Racial Data Collection
09/09/03 Commission Reviews Environmental Justice Report and Holds Briefing on Racial Disparities in South Dakota Criminal Justice
08/01/03 Informative, Free Civil Rights Resource Available: Civil Rights Journal Tackles Felon Voting Rights, Racial Profiling, Corporate Diversity and Other Topics
07/31/03 Civil Rights Journal Tackles Felon Voting Rights, Racial Profiling, Corporate Diversity, and Other Topics
07/25/03 Native Americans' Civil Rights Compromised by Federal Government: Report Finds Inadequate Funding, Unmet Needs
07/15/03 Commission Probes Barriers to Credit, Wealth Accumulation for Minorities and Poor
07/14/03 Federal Civil Rights Enforcement and Unmet Needs in Indian Country Top Agenda of Commission Meeting
06/23/03

Supreme Court Decisions to Uphold Principles of Affirmative Action Are a Victory for All Americans

06/18/03

Commission Examines Federal Agencies' Enforcement of Laws and Racial Disparities in Incarceration Rates

05/07/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month
05/06/03 Commission Examines Funding for Federal Civil Rights Agencies
04/14/03 The Colorado Advisory Committee Releases its Grand Junction Report
04/09/03 Commission Discusses Civil Rights Issues in DC, MD, and VA
03/26/03 Civil Rights Commission Recommits Hot line for Arab American and Muslim Discrimination Complaints
03/19/03 Civil Rights Commission Examines D.C. Government - Latino Community Relations
03/14/03 Commission Hears Presentations on D.C. Police/Government-Latino Community Relations
02/06/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Holds Briefing to Examine National Civil Rights Implications of School Reform, No Child Left Behind
01/31/03 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Celebrates African American History Month
01/29/03 Commission Holds Education Briefing in North Carolina
01/06/03 State and Regional Leaders to Voice American Indian, Social Justice Concerns to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights