ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

#ReadAllAboutIt: Check out Vol. 49, No. 3 of our Human Rights Magazine! Our latest issue covers Native American and Alaska Native Rights and Issues—from the Supreme Court and Tribal Water rights to recognizing Native American lawyers, and so much more! Read it HERE ➡️ https://bit.ly/3OoGhsN

CRSJ is proud to highlight the ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Commissioner Nathan Bruemmer as part of a growing pool of LGBTQ+ candidates running for state and federal office in the 2024 election. According to a report from the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, the proportion of candidates who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community has grown significantly since the 2020 election, driven by trailblazers like Nathan Brummer who are determined to represent diverse perspectives in political spaces. Read about the national trend towards ensuring greater representation of LGBTQ+ voices in the article linked below!   https://lnkd.in/exzJRisG   

There are many ways to make your voice heard in this election. Early voting, vote-by-mail, drop boxes, in-person — no matter how you vote, there are trained election officials and checks and balances to ensure your vote is protected. Visit your state voting website with trusted information about voting where you live. To view election-related resources visit: https://lnkd.in/e5yRnaEk 

HAPPENING TODAY at 3:00 P.M. ET: Do not miss your chance to tune in to our #free webinar with the ABA Commission on Disability Rights - Disability and Intersectionality: Lawyers Share Their Experience. We’re thrilled to be presenting this progam during National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Many people with disabilities are members of additional marginalized communities, living at the intersection of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion. These multiple identities shape their experiences and combine to create intersecting forms of oppression (e.g., ableism, sexism, racism), discrimination, and privilege. In this webinar, lawyers with disabilities with multiple identities share their experiences in the legal profession, addressing how their multiple identities have shaped their advocacy for justice and equality for all, benefited their lawyer-client relationships, created allyship with lawyers from other marginalized communities, and resulted in unique challenges and barriers in the profession. Speakers: - Elizabeth B. (Beth) Davis – Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP - GeWaden Dunkley – Staff Attorney, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid - Disability Law Center  - Salomon Chiquiar-Rabinovich – Chair, Attorneys with Disabilities and their Allies Section, Hispanic National Bar Association; Founder, Salomon Chiquiar- Rabinovich Esq LLC Moderator: - Katie Allee– Director of Law School Relations, National Disabled Law Students Association Register HERE: https://lnkd.in/gCv_2zKz

Join us for our next #ChairChat on Thursday, October 31 at 2:00 p.m. ET, hosted in collaboration with the LDF's Thurgood Marshall Institute. This Chat features UC Berkeley School of Law Haas Distinguished Chair and Professor of Law Dr. Osagie Obasogie in conversation with LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Senior Researcher Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta as they discuss Thurgood Marshall Institute's Safe Roads for All Research Brief. This presentation also features introductory and closing remarks from LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Director Karla McKanders. Premiering Live: https://lnkd.in/eZG6z-pk 

Today, Friday, October 25, 2024, President Joe Biden formally apologized in Gila River Indian Community, Arizona, to all Native American tribes for the Indian boarding school system. Beginning in 1819 through the 1970s, the United States forced Indigenous children into 523 government-funded boarding schools. Government agents forcibly removed Indigenous children from their homes and families and sent them to boarding schools aimed at ridding them of their Native language, culture, and traditional practices and assimilating them to white American culture. In these schools, tens of thousands of children endured mental, physical, and sexual abuse. President Biden delivered this apology after the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet Secretary in the U.S., conducted the first-ever federal investigation into the Indian boarding schools. The investigation found that over 500 Indigenous children died at 19 of the federal Indian boarding schools and uncovered 53 marked and unmarked burial sites at boarding schools across the U.S. Watch the apology here: https://lnkd.in/ePrV3xzF

HAPPENING NOW: Tune in NOW for our #free webinar - The 2025 Sunsetting of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)! This webinar will expose listeners to what is at risk with the December 31, 2025, sunsetting of the Trump Administration’s 2017 TCJA. Advocates and scholars working on the frontlines of tax justice will explain not only what is on the menu for members of Congress to vote on in the next year but the who, what, and why marginalized communities must be at the table (and not on the menu). December 31, 2025, sunsetting of the Trump Administration’s 2017 TCJA. The TCJA sunsets are paramount for families to understand this election season, so tune in! Speakers   Amy Royce  – National Women’s Law Center, Senior Counsel for Income Security  Brakeyshia Samms – Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, Policy Analyst   Meredith Dodson – Coalition on Human Needs, Senior Director of Public Policy Moderator: Francine J. Lipman –William S. Boyd Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Chair of the Editorial Board of the ABA Civil Rights & Social Justice Editorial Board WATCH HERE ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e7u_TdQu

Less than 2 weeks from the 2024 presidential election, CRSJ’s Perfecting Democracy initiative wants to highlight states like Michigan and Georgia that have seen record-breaking early voting turnout in recent days. According to the UF Election Lab, more than 32 million Americans have already cast their ballot. In Georgia and Michigan – two key battleground states – hundreds of thousands are getting to the polls before Election Day to ensure that their voice will be heard. In the final days before this unprecedented election, it is imperative that all eligible voters participate in the electoral process through early voting or in-person voting because every vote counts. To learn more about early voting turnout visit: https://lnkd.in/eBYz_rPz 

TUNE IN TODAY AT 2:00 P.M ET. Watch HERE: https://lnkd.in/eB-qZiwu

Join us for our next #ChairChat on Thursday, October 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET, hosted in collaboration with the ABA CRSJ Perfecting Democracy Initiative. This Chat features Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. in conversation with ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice Secretary and Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Cynthia Swann, as they discuss the power of culture, advancing voting rights and strengthening democracy. This session will explore the powerful connection between cultural expression and the fight for voting rights - calling upon young lawyers, and law students to answer the call to be informed and engaged. Watch HERE ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ecu-wsZY