Conference: Movement Lawyering Conference: Building Power in Communities of Color, Howard University School of Law, Oct. 16, 2019.
About this Event:
In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Advancement Project National Office along with cosponsors Law for Black Lives and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, will host a conference uplifting the racial justice movement lawyering model that is used by Advancement Project National Office, Law For Black Lives and others. Our strategic goal is not just civil rights litigation, but rather holistic strategies that center and support the genius of ordinary people to attack systems and build long-term power.
This conference is meant for lawyers, law students, organizers, communicators and those interested in supporting grassroots organizations and communities of color in building power to dismantle structural racism.
Speakers include:
Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director, Advancement Project National Office
Justin Hansford, Associate Professor of Law at Howard University and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center
Marbre Stahly-Butts, Executive Director, Law for Black Lives
Vince Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights
Mary Hooks, Co-Director, Southerners on New Ground (invited)
Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal and Advocacy Director, Project South
Ashley Sawyer, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Girls for Gender Equity
Kayla Reed, Co-Director, Action St. Louis
Blake Strode, Executive Director, Arch City Defenders
Jovana Renteria, Puente Human Rights Movement
Alana Greer, Co-Director, Community Justice Project
Amanda Alexander, Executive Director, Detroit Justice Center (invited)
Thomas Mariadason, Deputy Director, Asian Law Caucus (invited)
Montague Simmons, Local Justice Director, Movement Voter Project
Phil Agnew, Co-Founder, Dream Defenders
Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns, Color of Change
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