06 Oct 2014
Professor Beth Burkstrand-Reid was appointed by the United States Commission on Civil Rights to the Nebraska Advisory Committee. The Commission is a bipartisan agency of the federal government charged with conducting factfinding activities pertaining to discrimination or denial of equal protection laws based on race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or in the administration of justice. The Nebraska Advisory Committee is composed of citizens familiar with local and state civil rights issues who assist the Commission with its factfinding, investigative, and information dissemination functions.