{"id":93890,"date":"2021-05-03T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-norma-v-cantu-selected-as-chair-of-the-u-s-commission-on-civil-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T07:30:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T11:30:01","slug":"norma-v-cantu-es-nombrada-presidenta-de-la-comision-de-derechos-civiles-de-los-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/norma-v-cantu-es-nombrada-presidenta-de-la-comision-de-derechos-civiles-de-los-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"Norma V. Cant\u00fa Selected as Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 30, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Today, by unanimous vote, Commissioners of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have concurred in President <span class=\"xn-person\">Joseph R. Biden&#8217;s<\/span> appointment of Norma V. Cant\u00fa as Chair, marking a milestone for the Commission as the first Latina to serve as Chair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf23aleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgf23aleft\" title=\"U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Logo.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Logo.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/95262\/u_s__commission_on_civil_rights_logo.jpg  \"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Cant\u00fa is a Professor of Education and Professor of Law at the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Texas at Austin<\/span>, specializing in the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and education law. Ms. Cant\u00fa joins the Commission with a distinguished record of public service, including eight years as the Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration and most recently, as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition&#8217;s &#8220;Agency Review Team&#8221; for education. <\/p>\n<p>The Chair and Commissioners of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights serve six-year terms.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission offers heartfelt thanks to former Chair <span class=\"xn-person\">Catherine E. Lhamon<\/span> for her four years of tireless service to the Commission. Ms. Lhamon continues working to defend the civil rights of all Americans as Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council for Racial Justice and Equity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am looking forward to advancing the mission of the Commission on civil rights matters facing our Nation today, in collaboration with my esteemed colleagues on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,&#8221; said newly appointed Commission Chair, <span class=\"xn-person\">Norma V. Cant\u00fa<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the\u00a0President and Congress on civil rights and reporting annually on federal civil rights enforcement. Our 51 state\u00a0Advisory Committees offer a broad perspective on civil rights concerns at state and local levels. <\/i><i>For\u00a0information\u00a0about\u00a0the\u00a0Commission,\u00a0please\u00a0visit\u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3148539-1&amp;h=3686645304&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usccr.gov%2F&amp;a=www.usccr.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.usccr.gov<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0follow\u00a0us\u00a0on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3148539-1&amp;h=3957806772&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fusccrgov&amp;a=Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3148539-1&amp;h=3064040679&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fusccrgov&amp;a=Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Media contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Angelia Rorison<\/span><br \/>Email: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:publicaffairs@usccr.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">publicaffairs@usccr.gov<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>Tel: 202-376-7700 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3148539-1&amp;h=3141747010&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F95262%2Fu_s__commission_on_civil_rights_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F95262%2Fu_s__commission_on_civil_rights_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/95262\/u_s__commission_on_civil_rights_logo.jpg<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  U.S. Commission on Civil Rights<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 30, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Today, by unanimous vote, Commissioners of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have concurred in President <span class=\"xn-person\">Joseph R. Biden&#8217;s<\/span> appointment of Norma V. Cant\u00fa as Chair, marking a milestone for the Commission as the first Latina to serve as Chair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf23aleft\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpgf23aleft&quot; title=&quot;U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Logo.&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}