Equity & Justice
The Public Leadership Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy and leadership center organized to explore and raise public awareness about key public policy issues of equity and justice and to develop public leaders who will improve the economic and social conditions of all Americans.
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New Voicing Our Values, Schools, Podcasts and More
Posted on July 17, 2019
Too Young to Suspend Act: In some schools, very young children—as young as pre-K—are suspended or expelled from school because they are defiant or disruptive. The Too Young to Suspend Act prevents such suspensions...
Read MoreBrand-new Fourth Edition of Voicing Our Values
Posted on July 17, 2019
This is the Introduction to our brand-new edition of Voicing Our Values: Politics is the art of persuasion. But persuasion is hard and getting harder. Today, facts are rationalized away and lies are ubiquitous....
Read MoreWhy we celebrate the Fourth of July
Posted on July 3, 2019
This year, Donald Trump is twisting the traditional nonpartisan “Capitol Fourth” celebration in Washington, D.C. into a grotesque partisan rally featuring himself and military weaponry. This is wrong on so many levels. The Fourth...
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Human Rights, Sexual Harassment, July Fourth and More
Posted on July 3, 2019
Honor Human Rights Resolution: Since the Administration is turning the U.S. into a major violator of fundamental human rights, this is the time to introduce legislation to compel elected officials to take a side—for...
Read MoreInternet Privacy, Crime Rate, Passive Voice and More
Posted on June 19, 2019
Internet Privacy Protection Act: Pushing back against a bad FCC ruling, several states have enacted laws to protect customers from Internet service providers, the most recent being Maine’s LD 946. The Internet Privacy Protection...
Read MoreAbortion Rights Victories, Limiting Standardized Tests, Message Framing and More
Posted on June 5, 2019
Too Young to Test Act: Given their age, skills and abilities, it is developmentally inappropriate to administer standardized tests to students in prekindergarten through grade two, unless it is necessary for diagnostic screening. In...
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USA Today features our Playbook for Abortion Rights
Posted on June 20, 2019
Progressives Borrow Strategy… In the raging legislative battle over women’s reproductive rights, progressive groups have turned to a tactic that for years has helped spread anti-abortion measures – model legislation… In many ways, the...
Read MoreAnti-abortion website features PLI
Posted on March 21, 2019
The anti-abortion “news” website LibertyNation published a column attacking legislation in Maine that would allow duly-qualified advanced practice clinicians (APCs) to perform certain abortions, as allowed in other states. The column continues as follows:...
Read MorePLI legislation in Handbook for a Post-Roe America
Posted on February 6, 2019
Handbook for a Post-Roe America by Robin Marty (2019, Seven Stories Press) Page 44 In 2016, the Public Leadership Institute released a number of proactive model reproductive rights and health bills for state use,...
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