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From the Ground Up: Self-Determination & Local Autonomy in the Fight Against Poverty<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tentative Schedule of Events<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Additional panelists will be added on an ongoing basis<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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9:30am \u2013 Doors open<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast and coffee\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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10:00am \u2013 Opening remarks\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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10:15am \u2013 <\/span>Panel:<\/b> Trump 2.0, Public Benefits, and the Politics of Blame<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Angel<\/b>, Executive Director, DC Greens<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Teresa Miller<\/b>, National Director of Health Initiatives, Legal Action Center\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Christopher King<\/b>, Dean, Georgetown University School of Health\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hannah Eichner<\/strong>, Staff Attorney, Bread for the City<\/span><\/p>\n

Moderated by:<\/span><\/i> Yael Cannon, <\/b>Professor of Law and Director of the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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11:15am \u2013 <\/span>Panel:<\/b> Intersection Between Immigration Enforcement, Food Production, & Labor Protections\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Diego I\u00f1iguez-L\u00f3pez<\/b>, Director of Government Affairs, UFW Foundation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alison Deich<\/b>, Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Falcon<\/b>, Executive Director, DC Jobs with Justice<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderated by: <\/span><\/i>Jamillah Bowman Williams, <\/b>Professor of Law and Founding Faculty Director of the Georgetown Workers\u2019 Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law Center<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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12:00pm \u2013\u00a0 Community-based engagement and Advocacy Opportunities\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lunch\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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1:15pm \u2013 <\/span>Keynote Address\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Corey Shaw Jr.<\/b>, Historian & Reparations Advocate, Empower DC\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2:00pm \u2013 <\/span>Panel: <\/b>Punishment vs. Care: Law, Resource Allocation, and Carceral Infrastructure<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Craig Muhammad<\/b>, Co-founder, Project Emancipation Now\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brittany Mobley<\/b>, Deputy Chief, Juvenile Services Program, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Leigh Goodmark<\/b>, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Marjorie Cook Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Christy Lopez<\/b>, Professor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderated by: <\/span><\/i>Craig Watson, <\/b>Peer Support Specialist, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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3:00pm \u2013 <\/span>Panel:<\/b> Organizing to Resist Authoritarianism and Reclaim Community Control<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bradley Girard<\/b>, Senior Counsel, Democracy Forward<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Del Pielago<\/b>, Housing Director, Empower DC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Keya Chatterjee<\/b>, Executive Director, Free DC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderated by: <\/span><\/i>Steven Vladeck<\/b>, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts, Georgetown University Law Center\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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3:45pm \u2013 <\/span>Closing Remarks <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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