Navigating BC's Legal System: A Guide From A Practising Lawyer
Navigating BC's Legal System: A Guide From A Practising Lawyer
Wed, Mar 22, 2023 7:30 PM PDT (-07:00)
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Black Migrants Navigating the Legal System
Priority Africa Network launched a Legal Directory for Black Immigrants. We will discuss how Black Immigrants navigate the legal system.
By Priority Africa Network
When and where
Date and time
Tuesday, March 14 · 6:30 - 8pm PDT
Location
Online
About this event
SPEAKERS :
Nunu Kidane, Director of Priority Africa Network; Attorney Keith Staten; Attorney and SF Immigrant Rights Commissioner Haregu Gaime; and Adoubou Traore, Founder and Excutive Director of the African Advocacy Network.
MODERATOR:
Priscilla Ankrah - Program Director, Priority Africa Network
PURPOSE:
Priority Africa Network just launched a Legal Directory for Black Immigrants. The first of its kind, the publication provides a list of verified reliable information on legal service providers.
This meeting will present the challenges Black immigrants face navigating the legal system.
Speakers will discuss the challenges Black Immigrants face, and how to address them. However, the attorneys will not speak to individual cases.
All attendees of this zoom will receive free copies of the directory upon request, in print or electronically.
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About the organizer
Organized by
Priority Africa NetworkFilm screening of Los Abogadas https://www.lasabogadasfilm.com
With Salon discussion on Black migrants on the US-Mexico border.
Film tells the stories of three immigration attorneys supporting migrants, one of whom is Attorney Mulu Alemayehu. In the film and the discussions, she was speak on human rights violations, racism and complicated immigration policies at the border. This is a frundraiser to support that work.