Civil Rights Leaders Highlight Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrants and Families of Color

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Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

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WASHINGTON – On Monday, May 18 at 3 PM ET, the chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American and Hispanic Caucuses will join civil rights leaders on Facebook Live for a discussion about COVID-19 legislative responses and the pandemic’s disparate impact on immigrants and families of color. The CARES Act excluded these communities by denying them basic health care and economic security — despite their being on the front lines fighting the pandemic. However, the new HEROES Act attempts to rectify those mistakes.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights organized this event along with co-sponsors Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).
 

WHAT: Facebook Live Town Hall
WHEN: 3 PM Eastern, Monday, May 18, 2020
WHERE: 
Facebook Live
WHO:

Representative Joaquin Castro, Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)
Representative Judy Chu, Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)

Vanita Gupta, president & CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

John Yang, president and executive director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.

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