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Morning Keynote, featuring Congressman Al Green

Al Green and Juan R. Thomas

Congressman Al Green, a lifelong champion of civil rights, discusses his legislative priorities – the “Conscience Agenda,” which consists of five pieces of legislation dedicated to aiding in the elimination of invidious discrimination within the United States. These bills would: establish a Slavery Remembrance Day, award a Congressional Gold Medal to the American enslaved, require disclosure of financial companies’ historical connections to slavery, remove the name of Richard Russell from the Russell Senate Office Building, and create a Cabinet-level Department of Reconciliation to develop a national strategy of eliminating all forms of invidious discrimination.

This keynote was a part of CRSJ’s hybrid Economic Justice Summit — held on March 30-31, 2023 — the Section held its Economic Justice Summit at the Georgetown University Law Center. Continuing with CRSJ’s 22-23 Bar Year theme of economic justice, this two-day Summit convened lawyers, activists, policymakers, and key stakeholders to formulate policy solutions to our country’s most critical economic disparities and devise strategies to implement such policy solutions.

Day 1

Day 2

Thank You to our Partners

Summit Supporters: Truist, Georgetown University Law Center, DC Bar, American Tax Policy Institute, ABA Section of Taxation, Hip Hop Caucus, Francine J. Lipman & James E. Williamson, Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming

Summit Co-Sponsors: ABA Business Law Section, ABA Center for Public Interest Law, ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, ABA Criminal Justice Section, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Young Lawyers Division