Come to the 2020 Civil Rights Summit
Come for practical training about organizing and legal action
(and 3 CLE)
Learn about (and get training to join) our Community Campaigns, a combined effort of our nonprofit law firm, allies, and volunteers:
Serving Justice is our campaign to protect workers' rights in the restaurant industry.
Fair Chance Housing is our campaign to combat housing discrimination against people with a conviction history.
TOPICS
"Reconciling the tensions between organizing and legal action"
Shoshana Krieger. Project Director Building and Strengthening Tenant Action (BASTA) at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Stephanie Gharakhanian. Special Counsel at the Workers Defense Project
Braden Latham-Jones. Communications and District Relations Director for Austin City Council Member Greg Casar
"Testing for violations of the Fair Housing Act"
Fred Freiberg. Executive Director, Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc.
"Workers' rights in the restaurant industry"
Aaron Johnson. Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Center
The summit is approved by the State Bar of Texas for 3.0 CLE and 1.0 ethics.
