18 Organizations Call on U.S. Secretary of Transportation to Ensure Equity in Infrastructure Spending

​​WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, the Appleseed Foundation, the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and 16 members of the Appleseed Network and the Shriver Center’s Legal Impact Network joined together in an urgent letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. The organizations call on Secretary Buttigieg to ensure that all Americans, regardless of race, color, or national origin, benefit from the newly passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by putting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the forefront of the federal government’s funding decisions and spending oversight.

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