Cedric Lawson (he/him) is Field Director at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. The Leadership Conference is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Mr. Lawson guides a team of field managers that actively organize coalition members and local partners regarding the following issue areas: census, education equity, fighting hate and bias, and justice reform. Cedric has engaged in fair courts, judicial/executive branch nomination campaigns, and Supreme Court case mobilizations for the past nine years. Cedric has held field leadership roles in numerous Supreme Court and lower court vacancy support and opposition campaigns. Collaboratively with organizing partners at Alliance for Justice and People for the American Way, Cedric led the field mobilization for the Confirm Jackson campaign to advance the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Before joining The Leadership Conference and The Education Fund, Cedric was the development director of the United States Student Association and its foundation as well as a field organizer for various local candidate campaigns. Cedric is also a founding member of Black Youth Project 100. Cedric started his career in Wisconsin in electoral organizing and state legislative advocacy.