There's still time to join us for #MovementLawyerCon and #APTurns20 this week!

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Advancement Project National Office along with cosponsors Law for Black Lives and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, 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 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. Don’t forget to spread the word and use #APTurns20!