Senator Blumenthal Calls for Restoration of CRS
In a December 18, 2025 letter to Senate appropriators, Senator Richard Blumenthal called for CRS’s restoration, urging his colleagues to show the Senate’s commitment to protecting our religious institutions and minority communities by reestablishing and fully funding CRS.
Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of Employees RIF’d by Four Agencies During Shutdown
A federal judge in San Francisco has reversed the terminations of hundreds of federal employees finalized during the government shutdown between October 1, 2025 and November 12, 2025, the Federal News Network reported on December 17, 2025.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Indiana Advisory Committee Recommends Restoration of CRS’s Full Funding to Combat Hate Crimes
Today, the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights called for Congress to “fully fund” CRS and for the Department of Justice to “restore funds appropriated” to CRS.
Coalition of 102 Civil Rights and Community Groups Urges Federal Court to Halt Justice Department’s Unlawful Elimination of the Community Relations Service
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 101 additional civil rights, faith, education, disability rights, and community organizations today filed an amicus brief in a Boston federal court—urging the court to grant a preliminary injunction blocking the unlawful shuttering of CRS
90 House Members, Led by Rep. Raskin, File Amicus Brief Decrying “Lawless Attempt to Shutter” CRS
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led 90 House Democrats in opposing the Trump Administration’s lawless effort to eliminate CRS.
Former CRS Directors Call for “Tough” Congressional Inquiry into Dismantling of CRS
Former CRS directors Becky Monroe, Grande Lum, and Justin Lock published a Justice Connection article, urging Congress to “ask tough questions, press the Justice Department for details, hold hearings,” and “restore a strong CRS.”
“CRS Did the Impossible. Now It Is Gone. Can Anyone Else Fill Its Shoes?”
In a powerful substack post, Heidi and Guy Burgess offer a compelling narrative of CRS’s historical contributions to America, why its closing matters, and what the Burgesses, the Civil Rights Mediation Oral History Project, and the Divided Community Project are doing to keep alive CRS’s institutional and experiential memory.