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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]] , we will host Building Power in Communities of Color. This specialized conference will uplift the racial justice movement lawyering model that is used by Advancement Project National Office, Law for Black Lives and others.

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.

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

Location : Howard University School of Law (Note: HUSL is not located on Howard’s main campus; parking lot available)

Continental breakfast, boxed lunch and scoops of Justice ReMix’d ice cream provided.

Registration still open. Click here [[link removed]] today!

Sessions and topics will include building power in communities to advance racial justice in education, voting and democracy, climate justice, and the decriminalization of migration and more!

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
*
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
*
Thomas
Mariadason
,
Deputy
Director,
Asian
Law
Caucus
*
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
*
Rukia
Lumumba
,
Co-Coordinator,
Electoral
Justice
Project
*
Ash-Lee
Woodard
Henderson
,
Co-Executive
Director,
Highlander
Research
&
Education
Center
*
Paromita
Shah
,
Executive
Director,
Just
Futures
Law



Plus, Advancement Project National Office Legal and Campaigns Staff:

Maria Fernandez, Losmin Jimenez, Sabrina Khan, Jennifer Lai-Peterson, Denise Lieberman, Tyler Whittenberg and Thomas Harvey



But that’s not all!

On Thursday, October 17, we are hosting Freedom Now! Freedom Forever!, our 20th anniversary celebration. It’s not a gala. It’s a movement.

We will award partners and supporters including:

*
Just
Democracy
Award
–
Puente
Human
Rights
Movement
*
Turn
the
Tide
Award
–
VOTE
(Voice
of
the
Experienced)
*
Lift
Every
Voice
Award
–
Jesse
Williams

We will be entertained by:

*
DJ
Carmen
Spindiego
*
Go-go
Band
Live
in
Treble
*
Gabriel
Ramirez
–
Poet
and
Educator
*
Live
artist
Cary
Michael
Robinson

Still don’t have your tickets? Get them here [[link removed]] . Don’t forget to spread the word and use #APTurns20 !
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