Rutgers Race & Law Review to Host Forum Titled “An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality.”

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By: Raquel Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Newark, N.J., March 3, 2010 - The Rutgers Race & the Law Review is excited to announce the new date for our Symposium, “An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality.” Please join us on Tuesday, March 9th from 5pm – 9 pm for this FREE and open to the public event, in the Baker Trial Courtroom at the Center for Law & Justice, as leading scholars, attorneys, and activists discuss the effects of current laws and social policies on LGBT communities of color.

Our speakers include:

OPENING REMARKS by
Rutgers–Newark Vice Chancellor Marcia Brown

Panel 1: LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN NEWARK AND NEW JERSEY
Chas B. Brack, director, Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Documentary Project
Bryan Epps, executive director, Newark Pride Alliance
Perris Straughter, acting director, Newark-Essex Pride Coalition
Frank Vespa-Papaleo, senior counsel, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate

Panel 2: LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITHIN THE LARGER COMMUNITY – ISSUE ROUND-UP
Carlene Jadusingh, representative, Lesbian & Gay Law Association of Greater New York
Flor Bermudez, Youth in Out-of-Home Care Attorney, Lambda Legal
Kenyon Farrow, executive director, Queers for Economic Justice
Katherine Acey, executive director, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Professor Carlos Ball, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator

Dinner will promptly follow the program.

To RSVP: http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposium.html

Source: The Editorial Board of the Rutgers Race & the Law Review

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