"The Art of RJ Lawyering"- Pre-Conference Convening @ JusticeNOW2020
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Hosted by- If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice
This pre-conference is geared toward lawyers, law students, and legal professionals.
As we continue to see relentless attacks against reproductive autonomy, there is an increasingly important role for lawyers and legal professionals to utilize legal skills to protect reproductive freedom. This workshop, offered for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits, will explore the notion of RJ Lawyering and examine how lawyers, law students, and legal professionals can use their legal training to advance reproductive health, rights, and justice. Participants will engage in values clarification exercises, practice advocacy skills, and learn about opportunities to utilize their skills for substantive reproductive justice issues.
This pre-conference convening is being held virtually at SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW's #JusticeNOW2020 Conference! For more information about the entire conference please visit www.justicenowcon.com.
Interested in attending the full conference? Stop now and register at www.justicenowcon.com! If you register as "all-access individual" or "all access group," your registration fee will cover this pre-conference fee (see the different ticket descriptions for which registration level covers pre-conferences!).
If you have already registered in the above tiers please visit www.justicenowcon.com/pre-conferences for more information on how to access this pre-conference for free.
Full conference attendance is not required to attend a pre-conference, but we highly suggest it!
Organizer SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW
Organizer of "The Art of RJ Lawyering"- Pre-Conference Convening @ JusticeNOW2020
#BlackLivesMatter was birthed in an "Open Love Letter to Black People," written by Oakland-based community activist Alicia Garza in July 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman; the self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman who murdered unarmed teenager, #TrayvonMartin. Garza ended her Facebook post with the benediction, "Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter.”
Fellow activist Patrisse Cullors amended the last three words to create a hashtag: #BlackLivesMatter, which the two began to promote vigorously. A new friend, Brooklyn-based immigration-rights organizer Opal Tometi created Facebook and Twitter pages to connect other like-minded activists... and a movement was born.
We are unapologetically Black in our positioning, and committed to collectively, lovingly and courageously working for freedom and justice for all Black people (and by extension all people) regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender expression, economic or educational status, ability or disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration or incarceration status or location.
