We are looking forward to joining you for our first in-person celebration in over two years! Our 21st Annual Update Gala Awards Reception will be on Friday, April 8, 2022, at UCLA School of Law.
This year, we will present awards to several amazing members of our community, including
John McDonald and Rob Wright, Williams Institute Founders Council Award
Roberta Conroy, Williams Institute Leadership Award
Susan Cochran and Vickie Mays, Williams Institute Impact Awards
We are proud to host this year’s Gala Awards Reception outdoors at UCLA School of Law’s Shapiro Courtyard. The reception will be followed by the Founders Dinner, outdoors at the Coral Tree Walk in UCLA’s beautiful Murphy Sculpture Garden.
Keep in mind that our Annual Update programming kicks off earlier in the week with our virtual conference. Please join us for one or all of these events:
We look forward to celebrating our 21st Annual Update with you. To RSVP for the Gala Awards Reception and Founder Dinner, click here or on the RSVP button below.
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The first day of our Annual Update Conference features a discussion on data needs and current challenges facing LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers. fjfkdjlakfjdslakfjdalks;fjakldsfjlksad
LGBTQ+ Indigenous People: Disparities and Data Justice
Day two of our Annual Update features a discussion of the health and economic well-being of American Indian/Alaska Native LGBT people in the U.S. and its impact on law and policy.
Branches of the Same Vine: LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights, and Critical Race Theory
The final day of our conference examines how research can reveal connections between current policy initiatives and provide responses to their core arguments.
Please join us tomorrow for a lunchtime talk by Williams Institute Faculty Director Cary Franklin on the wide implications of the Supreme Court's 2020 decision in Bostock v Clayton County.
