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We are less than one week away from our first-ever Movement Lawyering Conference [[link removed]] ! We’re thrilled to have you at this inaugural event as part of our 20th anniversary in the fight for civil rights and racial justice. This one-of-a-kind conference co-hosted by Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and the Law for Black Lives will be filled with informative and engaging discussions by experienced movement lawyers like Prof. Justin Hansford, Executive Director, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Centers; Vince Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights; Scott Roberts, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Campaigns, Color of Change , amongst others.

Join us Wednesday, October 16, from 9am to 5pm at Howard University School of Law as we highlight unique lawyering approaches and the role of community lawyering in the fight for justice. This conference will feature two detailed and innovative sessions. We will have break out sessions focusing on:

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Movement
Lawyering
to
Build
Power
for
Youth
of
Color
in
School


*
Movement
Lawyering
for
the
Right
to
Vote:
Case
Studies
in
Building
Power
&
Protecting
Democracy


*
The
what,
when
and
how
of
reparations



*
From
Moment
to
Movement



After lunch, attendees will participate in a second breakout session discussing:

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Climate
Justice:
Surviving
Through
Natural
Disasters
&
Racist
Responses


*
Lawyers,
Organizers
and
Abolitionist
Campaigns:
Building
Power
to
Protect
People
from
the
Prison
Industrial
Complex



*
Movement
Lawyering
to
Support
Decriminalization
of
Migration



We will end with a closing plenary session assessing current movement needs and the vision of movement lawyering for the future.

Please spread the word your friends, family and collogues! Join the conversation or start one of your own on your social media using:

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What's
movement
lawyering
all
about?
Find
out
when
you
attend
@adv_project's
first
ever
Movement
Lawyering
Conference.
Join
me
10/16,
to
learn
how
to
harness
the
genius
of
ordinary
people
to
build
power
in
their
communities:
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#APturns20



We look forward to having you!

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