COMMUNITY JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
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FEATURES 11 th Rebellious Lawyering Conference February 18-20 th , 2005; Yale University Join law students, lawyers, advocates and other progressive thinkers at the annual RebLaw Conference. Don't miss an opportunity to learn more about networks for social change advocates, community based lawyering efforts and much more! For more information on this conference, visit: http://islandia.law.yale.edu/reblaw/ . Justice Monday: An Historic March on Annapolis January 17, 2005; Maryland This is your chance to march in solidarity with The Maryland Justice Coalition, as they mobilize to eliminate injustices in the enforcement of criminal law while supporting structural changes to ensure successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals into the community. The Coalition and its supporters will march on January 17, 2005 to demand that the state of Maryland strike a fair and cost-effective balance between public safety concerns and the welfare of prisoners and former offenders. For more information visit: www.justicemonday.org or contact Kimberly Haven at khaven@povertysolutions.org or 410.366.0600 X117. ADVANCEMENT PROJECT 2005 CALENDAR Advancement Project's 2005 wall calendar is here! This year the calendar features groups engaged in multi-racial legal and civic action campaigns on several fronts, including environmental justice, immigrants' rights and much more! If you are interested in receiving one of our calendars, contact Advancement Project's Community Justice Resource Center at cjrc@advancementproject.org. |
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NEWSMAKERS "Rethink Standardized Tests" By: Monty Neill and Lisa Guisbond USA Today December 15, 2004 With the deluge of standardized tests which students in U.S. public schools must take under No Child Left Behind, it is imperative to look at the underlying results such exams bring to light: inequities in our school system. For further discussion read Rethink Standardized Tests or visit www.fairtest.org "Mendez v. Westminster: The Latino link to Brown V. Board of Education" National Legal Aid & Defender Association Cornerstone Magazine Fall 2004 There is an historic link between the Latino and African American community in the struggle to end public school segregation. To obtain the article, call the NLADA at 202.452.0620 or write to: National Legal Aid & Defender Association; 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036 |
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POINTS OF INTEREST Democracy Continues: a snapshot of post-2004 election resources. The effort to ensure democracy through a fair and equitable election process has not ended with the 2004 presidential election. Learn more about the steps that were taken to protect voters before and during the 2004 elections, as well as voting trends and outcomes. Click here for a list of useful post-election resources and manuals.
1981 Voting Rights Case Proves Viable in 2004 Presidential Election: with the help of Advancement Project, first-time Ohio voter Ebony Malone intervenes to enforce 1982 consent decree stemming from New Jersey voting rights case! Click here to read the story. |
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CASE STUDIES/SUCCESS STORIES Pennsylvania Clarifies Rules For Public School Enrollment by Aurora Vàsquez A Multi-faceted Approach: Bridging differences to advance voters' rights in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...one voter at a time by Celeste Taylor and Scilla Wahrhaftig |
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FUNDING RESOURCES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Funding/Resource/Job Opportunities for Community Justice Practitioners This updated list provides information about a few of the funding resources and job opportunities are available to community justice practitioners. We plan to update this resource periodically as we learn of new opportunities. Please contact us with any opportunities of which you know and we will add them to this new resource. This list includes programs with upcoming deadlines as well as a few opportunities with rolling deadlines. |
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CJRC CALENDAR Please email us at cjrc@advancementproject.org with information on events of interest. |
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MAPPING THE LITERATURE We encourage you to visit our updated bibliography (partially annotated) of recent publications and articlesof interest to racial justice advocates. This bibliography features a dynamic array of publications spanning several exciting topics. The subject areas for this volume are as follows:
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This newsletter is supported in part by grants from the Program on Law & Society of the Open Society Institute, Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation. |
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