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OVW Celebrates Disability Pride Month

July 26, 2022
Courtesy of Allison Randall, Acting Director
Thirty-two years ago, Congress passed the Americans With Disabilities Act, which makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities. It’s an important law upholding our nation’s civil rights – and it is why we commemorate Disability Pride Month in July. This month is a powerful reminder about the importance of disability rights and why, as a federal partner of the anti-violence movement, we celebrate people with disabilities and honor all the achievements the community has...
Updated July 26, 2022

The Department of Justice's First-Ever Learning Agenda Released as Part of Strategic Plan

July 1, 2022
Courtesy of Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General
As part of our new Strategic Plan , we have just released the Department’s first-ever Learning Agenda . Over the coming months and years, the Learning Agenda will drive new investments in research, evaluation, data science, statistical analysis, and other forms of scientific evidence building. We will use the results of this work to make evidence-based, data-driven decisions affecting many of the Department’s highest-priority policies and programs, as envisioned by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 .
Updated July 1, 2022

OVW Honors LGBTQI+ Advocates and Survivors

June 30, 2022
Courtesy of Allison Randall, Acting Director
As June comes to a close, OVW is reflecting on a month of celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pride Month . It is an important time to reaffirm our continued support for the LGBTQI+ community. Also, it is an opportunity to reflect on LGBTQI+ rights, and how upholding those rights is a vital part of our commitment to justice and equality for all. Protecting and advocating for LGBTQI+ rights is firmly at the core of our mission at the Office on Violence...
Updated June 30, 2022

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Releases Memo on Implementation and Administrative Enforcement of Title VI and Safe Streets Act

June 23, 2022
Courtesy of Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General
Federal law — including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Safe Streets Act of 1968 — prohibits recipients of federal funds from discriminating against any person on the basis of race, color or national origin. Each year, the Department of Justice provides billions of dollars in grant money and other financial assistance to state and local agencies involved in the justice system, including police departments and sheriffs' offices, correctional and juvenile justice institutions, state and local courts and organizations that provide support to victims of crime.
Updated June 23, 2022

Memorial Day

May 30, 2022
Courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke
Every year on the last Monday in May, our country pauses to honor those servicemembers who have given the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedom. The Memorial Day holiday—which first began as a commemoration of fallen Union soldiers who gave their lives to overthrow the tyranny of slavery—is an opportunity not only to honor these fallen heroes, but to also express our collective gratitude and appreciation for those servicemembers who work each day to safeguard our country. The Civil Rights Division (“Division”) houses the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative (“SVI”), which works to protect the rights of servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Updated May 30, 2022

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