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Professor López

"Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves"
Fordham University School of Law
James B.M. McNally Amphitheatre
New York, New York
12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Professor López delivered the keynote address for "The Racial Geography of the Child Welfare System: Community Impact and Response," a conference hosted by Fordham University School of Law. The conference brought together community members, civic and public service providers, scholars, and activists to look at how race factors into child welfare in New York.

“Rebellious Vision of Community Problem Solving”
Minnesota Justice Foundation
University of Minnesota
McNamara Alumni Center
Minneapolis , Minnesota
5:30 p.m. ; Thursday, November 17, 2005

Professor Lopez delivered the keynote address at the Minnesota Justice Foundation's 18th Annual Awards Celebration on November 17, 2005. The Minnesota Justice Foundation honored five individuals for their pro bono legal services. See the benefit invitation here .

Professor López delivered The Robert D. & Leslie-Kay Raven Lecture on Access to Justice, the keynote address for the “Social Justice Movements in the U.S. : Appraising the Past, Unlocking the Future” conference held at U.C. Berkeley School of Law from March 31- April 1, 2005 . Co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Social Change at U.C. Berkeley and the Law School 's Center for Social Justice, this conference brought together leading scholars, attorneys, and activists to assess the state of U.S. social justice movements

"En Servicio de la Comunidad"
UC Davis School of Law
Monday, March 14, 2005, 12 p.m.

Professor López gave the keynote speech at the UC Davis School of Law on March 14th as part of César Chávez Week, "Si se puede…realizando el sueño," an annual celebration honoring César Chávez.

"Social Justice Lawyering: Still Rebellious?"
7th Annual Trina Grillo Public Interest and Social Justice Law Retreat
San Jose, California
Saturday, March 12, 2005, 11 a.m.

Professor López delivered the Ralph Santiago Abascal Memorial Address at the 7th Annual Trina Grillo Public Interest and Social Justice Law Retreat held March 12-13, 2005 in San Jose, California. The retreat celebrated Professor López' idea of rebellious lawyering and his 1992 book, Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano's Vision of Progressive Law Practice . The book is considered by many to be the most influential book written about progressive law practice and community problem solving. Sponsored by the Santa Clara University School of Law Center for Social Justice and Public Service, the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) and the University of San Francisco School of Law, the retreat explored the evolving challenges of rebellious problem solving practice in the context of current social justice issues.

For more information, please see www.scu.edu/law/socialjustice/grillo_retreat.html.

Center Staff

Horizons' Hip Hop Helps the Homeless at BRC Campaign, West 4 th Street Tournament All-Star Game
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 , 2:00p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Staff and summer interns were on hand at the West 4 th Street Tournament All Star Game to provide information about The Center and our recent publication, The Center for Community Problem Solving Reentry Guide: A Handbook for People Coming Out of Jails and Prisons for Their Families and Communities. Teaming up with Horizons' Hip Hop Helps the Homeless at Bowery Residence Committee Campaign, for every $17.00 donated at the event to our Sponsorship Program, we sent a Reentry Guide to a BRC client on parole.

Staff Attorney Yumari Martinez spoke about The Center's Reentry Guide during one of the event's breaks.

NAACP Dinner, Mid-Orange Correctional Facility
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 , 5:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.

Staff Attorneys Yumari Martinez, Michelle Fei, and Stacey Strongarone spoke at the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility NAACP Dinner about The Center's work providing orientation programs to people coming out of jails and prisons, policy work to change reentry policies and practices, and The Center's Reentry Guide for people coming out of jails and prisons and for their families and communities.

Career Day, Horizon Juvenile Detention Center
Friday, June 10, 2005, 12:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.

Staff Attorney Yumari Martinez spoke with young people being held at Horizon Juvenile Detention Center about career choices and, in particular, his experiences as a lawyer doing juvenile criminal defense, death penalty litigation, and community outreach, education, and organizing work.

International Rescue Committee Learning Series
Saturday, May 7, 2005, 1:00 p.m.
Staff attorney Michelle Fei spoke at the Saturday Learning Series run by The International Rescue Committee (“IRC”) for middle-school and high-school aged youth on Saturday, May 7, 2005. The participating youth came from refugee families from war-torn countries like Sudan who have been resettled in the New York City metropolitan area. As part of the Learning Series, youth participate in workshops on leadership and personal finance.

For more information about IRC, please visit their website: www.theirc.org

"Active Participation and Engaged Learning in the ESOL Classroom"
Immigrant Rights Panel
The Third Annual ESOL/Civics Conference for Educators
Queens Public Library, Flushing Branch
41-17 Main St. (Kissena Boulevard and Main Street)
Flushing, N.Y. 11355
Saturday, April 16, 2005, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Staff attorney Stacey Strongarone spoke at the Third Annual ESOL/Civics Conference for Educators’ Immigrant Rights Panel on Saturday, April 16, 2005. The panel was moderated by Hillary Gardner from the Center for Immigrant Education and Training and also included JoAnn Darcy from the New York City Human Rights Commission.

"The Latino Immigrant Workforce"
NYU Wagner School of Public Service
295 Lafayette Street, Second Floor
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Staff attorney Michelle Fei joined a panel titled "The Latino Immigrant Workforce" to discuss the Latino immigrant workforce in the United States and how to better protect undocumented workers' rights. The panel was moderated by NYU Professor René Poitevin and was sponsored by the Wagner International Student Society (WISS) and the Alliance of Latinos and Latin American Students (ALAS).

Center Hosted Events

The Center for Community Problem Solving Reentry Guide Book Release Party
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.

The Center welcomed clients, service providers, policymakers, funders, friends & family, and others still to celebrate the publication of the First New York Edition of The Center for Community Problem Solving Reentry Guide: A Handbook for People Coming Out of Jails and Prisons and for Their Families and Communities (edited by Gerald P. López). We also announced our Sponsorship Campaign, through which we aim to get the Reentry Guide into the hands of every boy and girl and every man and woman who is incarcerated in New York State prisons or New York City jails, or who is on parole or probation. For more information, please contact Lucía Sánchez at lucia.sanchez@nyu.edu or (212) 992-8886.

Conferences

The Center for Community Problem Solving hosted The Re-entry Housing Conference: Building Safer and Healthier Communities
Friday, March 11, 2005, from 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m.

The Re-entry Housing Conference brought together over 260 people affected by, working on, and interested in reentry – including people with criminal records and their families; federal, state, and local government officials; policy makers; executive directors and staffers of organizations providing reentry-related services; funders; faculty and students; community residents; and others still. Together, we engaged in frank discussions about the current state of affairs, policies that can and should be implemented, and examples of best practices.