The ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and the African American Policy Forum are pleased to collaborate on a four-part webinar series on Critical Race Theory (CRT). Over the past year, CRT has been increasingly misrepresented by the Right in an organized, widespread effort to stifle racial justice and gender equity, and weaken our multiracial democracy. Join us for an essential conversation about how we must dismantle the decades-long, broad and regressive agenda of established right-wing networks to replace multiracial democracy with an autocratic, white nationalist theocracy. Hear how successful coalitions in the states have been built to fight back and why we must ground our struggle in a robust conception of intersectional justice.
June 09, 2022 Critical Race Theory Webinar Series
Grounded in Intersectional Justice: How We Fight State Bans on Anti-Racism and LGBTQ+ Rights
Welcome and Introduction
- Beth K. Whittenbury, Chair, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice; Principal, Beth K. Whittenbury & Associates
Panelists
- Heather Fleming, Founder, Missouri Equity Education Partnership
- Josh Malkin, Public Interest and Government Fellow, ACLU of South Carolina
- Mark A. Russell, Director of Education and Family Services, Indianapolis Urban League
Co-Moderators
- Sumi Cho, Director of Strategic Initiatives, African American Policy Forum
- Leah Cohen, Communications Strategist, African American Policy Forum
- Samuel Hoadley-Brill, #TruthBeTold Research and Writing Fellow, African American Policy Forum
- Sol A. Kersey, Legal Fellow, African American Policy Forum
- Heather Malveaux, #TruthBeTold Campaign Manager, African American Policy Forum
- Kristin Penner, Research Fellow, African American Policy Forum
Joint Sponsor: African American Policy Forum
Co-Sponsors: ABA Center for Human Rights, ABA Center for Public Interest Law, ABA Center on Children and the Law, ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice, ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities, ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty, ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, ABA Commission on Youth at Risk, ABA Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, ABA Criminal Justice Section, ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, ABA Law Student Division, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress, ABA Standing Committee on Public Education, ABA Young Lawyers Division
Resources
Event Leave-Behind Highlights (PDF)
AAPF's #TruthBeTold Call to Action, featuring guides and media trainings
Conservative activists in Texas have shaped the history all American children learn | Rob Alex Fitt
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