Please join us in welcoming AP summer extern Molly O’Hara! Molly is a rising 3L at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she was a Steering Committee member for the 2021 DU Civil Rights Summit. She joins…
Welcome IDAP Summer Externs, Shira and Ruby!
It is our pleasure to introduce CREEC’s summer externs on the Immigration Detention Accountability Project, Shira Hereld and Ruby Ritchin! Shira is a rising 2L at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. A former Denver resident, they have worked…
Announcement from CREEC Co-Founders: Executive Director Search
Update: Please read our announcement appointing a new Executive Director here. Dear CREEC Friends, We are very excited to tell you that CREEC will soon be hiring our replacement! CREEC has started the search for a new executive director, who…
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Regarding Inmate Access to Videophones
In October 2020, Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT) and Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) filed an emergency motion asking the Court to order the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) to immediately install videophones for two Deaf Plaintiffs incarcerated in…
Plaintiff With Opioid Use Disorder Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Salvation Army
Complaint Alleges Disability Discrimination in Violation of Multiple Federal Laws Justice Catalyst Law, Inc. (JCL) and the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) have filed a sweeping federal lawsuit challenging the Salvation Army’s discriminatory and outdated policy and practice…
Welcome, Rebecca and Ethan!
Please join us in welcoming CREEC’s summer externs, Rebecca Reeves and Ethan Curl! Rebecca is joining CREEC as a summer extern after her first year at Duke University School of Law. There, she is a member of the Public Interest…
Congratulations Elizabeth Jordan, Recipient of 2021 Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award!
We are proud to announce that Elizabeth Jordan, Director of the Immigration Detention Accountability Project at CREEC, is the 2021 recipient of the Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award. The memorial award is granted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association in recognition of outstanding…
CREEC Files Suit Against Colorado Department of Corrections on Behalf of Blind Prisoners
CDOC’s failure to accommodate compromises safety and privacy of blind people and excludes them from most programming. Incarcerated people are one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. Blind incarcerated people are even more at risk when prisons…
CREEC Welcomes Rabia Belt to Board of Directors!
We are honored and excited to welcome Dr. Rabia Belt to CREEC’s Board of Directors. Rabia is an advocate and leading scholar on the history of disability and citizenship. Rabia is an Associate Professor at Stanford Law School. She teaches…
CREEC Joins with Friends to File Amicus Brief for Full Protections Under Section 504
On April 5, CREEC joined with Disability Rights Advocates, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Pangea Legal Services to file a brief of amici curiae to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The amici were represented by…