
Nicole Lee
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Senior Vice President, Rights and Justice
Rights & Justice works to combat systemic inequality through policies ensuring that everyone can exercise their rights and has an equal opportunity to thrive.
The racial wealth gap between white households and Black and brown households continues to grow wider. CAP is pursuing targeted policies that are necessary to reverse this deepening divide. A recent issue brief highlights the pandemic’s impact on the Black-white wealth gap.
CAP is fighting for a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)-eligible individuals, and essential workers. Citizenship for undocumented immigrants is a crucial step toward a fair, humane, and workable immigration system.
In October 2020, CAP partnered with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership on a report detailing the need to reduce reliance on law enforcement for all calls for service and instead create civilian community responder programs to respond to many categories of calls.
In January, CAP published a report providing recommendations for how the Biden-Harris administration could advance LGBTQ equality. The report has since informed dozens of actions from the White House, including a day 1 executive order implementing protections for LGBTQ workers.
This data interactive displays the results of CAP’s national survey of LGBTQ individuals.
While gun violence is a uniquely American problem, the specific impact varies widely from state to state.
This graphic allows viewers to see all signatories on the amicus briefs in support of DACA submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Time and time again, the Trump administration’s policies and practices have negatively affected communities of color across the United States.
An interactive details the number and distribution of mixed-status families, by state.
This interactive graphic details the amount of funding for key federal grants in sanctuary jurisdictions in 32 states.
This interactive map of the United States highlights Native American tribes' historical terms for two-spirit people, which refers to the historical and current indigenous people whose individual spirits are a blend of female and male spirits.
This interactive map shows how each state ranks in terms of overall levels of gun violence.
This interactive map shows the economic losses each state would suffer if unauthorized immigrants were removed from the country.
Decades of immigration have altered the racial and ethnic makeup of the United States, and it is today’s children who will be the vanguards of this new, diverse America.