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The Rutgers Race and the Law Review held a Symposium, An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality. This FREE event was held on Tuesday, March 9th and was open to the public. The symposium, held 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.
1st Panel: Andrew J. Rothman (Moderator), Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Rutgers School of Law, Newark; June Dowell-Burton, LGBT Partnership Specialist, US Census Bureau – NYRCC; Darnell Moore, Newark LGBTQ Mayor’s Advisory Commission; Perris Straughter, Secretary of the Newark LGBTQ Mayor’s Advisory Commission
2nd Panel: Carlos Ball (Moderator), Professor of Law and Judge Fredreick Lacey Scholar, Rutgers School of Law, Newark; 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; Arelene Stein, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Photography by Tamara Fleming/ComeUnity Wire
FEMWORKS_RutersRacelawLGBT_077.jpg
The Rutgers Race and the Law Review held a Symposium, An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality. This FREE event was held on Tuesday, March 9th and was open to the public. The symposium, held 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.
1st Panel: Andrew J. Rothman (Moderator), Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Rutgers School of Law, Newark; June Dowell-Burton, LGBT Partnership Specialist, US Census Bureau – NYRCC; Darnell Moore, Newark LGBTQ Mayor’s Advisory Commission; Perris Straughter, Secretary of the Newark LGBTQ Mayor’s Advisory Commission
2nd Panel: Carlos Ball (Moderator), Professor of Law and Judge Fredreick Lacey Scholar, Rutgers School of Law, Newark; 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; Arelene Stein, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Photography by Tamara Fleming/ComeUnity Wire