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In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Advancement Project National Office along with cosponsors Law for Black Lives [[link removed]] and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center [[link removed]] , is hosting a conference [[link removed]] 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

Advancement Project National Office Staff :

*
Maria
Fernandez,
Senior
Campaign
Strategist
*
Thomas
B.
Harvey,
Senior
Attorney
and
Program
Director,
Justice
Project
*
Losmin
Jimenez,
Senior
Attorney
and
Program
Director,
Immigrant
Justice
*
Sabrina
Khan,
Senior
Attorney
and
Deputy
Program
Director,
Power
and
Democracy
*
Jennifer
Lai-Peterson,
Senior
Attorney,
Immigrant
Justice
and
Power
and
Democracy
*
Denise
Lieberman,
Senior
Attorney
and
Program
Director,
Power
and
Democracy
*
Tyler
Whittenberg,
Deputy
Program
Director,
Ending
the
Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse
Track

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 9:30am – 5pm

Location: Howard University School of Law

Admission:

*
Current
Students
(Law,
Undergrad,
Graduate)
-
Free
*
Advancement
Project
Alumni
-
Free
*
Nonprofit
Organizations
-
$75
*
General
Admission
(Law
Professors
and
Others)
-
$150


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