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Symposium on Strategies for Adressing Poverty & Inequality

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2:15 - 3:30 Panel 1: New Directions for Lawyers in Race & Poverty Issues:
The Nat'l View

3:45 - 5:305 Panel 2: New Directions for Lawyers in Race & Poverty Issues:
The Local View

6:00 14th ANNUAL JOSEPH RAUH LECTURE - UDC Auditorium

7:00 ACCREDITATION CELEBRATION - UDC Auditorium Lobby
Co-Hosted by: U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton; Hon. Anthony A. Williams, Mayor
District of Columbia; Mrs. David A. (Carole) Clarke; D.C. Councilmembers: Hon.
Linda W. Cropp, Chair; Hon. Jack Evans, Ward Two, Chair Pro Tempore; Hon. Carol
Schwartz, At Large; Hon. Phil Mendelson, At Large; Hon. David Catania, At Large;
Hon. Kwame Brown, At Large; Hon. Jim Graham, Ward One; Hon. Kathleen Patterson,
Ward Three; Hon. Adrian Fenty, Ward Four; Hon. Vincent Orange, Ward Five; Hon.
Sharon Ambrose, Ward Six; Hon. Vincent C. Gray, Ward Seven; Hon. Marion Barry,
Ward Eight; and John Cruden, President, D.C. Bar.

SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY SCHEDULE

8:30 - 9:00 Refreshments

9:00 - 9:30 OPENING SPEAKER - TOM PEREZ, Montgomery County Council
(invited)

9:45 - 12:15 ECONOMIC JUSTICE PROGRAM

9:45 - 10:45 Panel 1: The National Economic (In) Justice Picture

11:00 - 12:15 Panel 2: The Economic Justice Battle in DC

12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH SPEAKER - JONATHAN KOZOL (invited)

1:45 - 5:00 MAKING PUBLIC SYSTEMS WORK FOR CHILDREN

1:45 - 2:45 Panel 1: The National View

3:00 - 4:00 Panel 2 - Local Strategies for Keeping Kids in Mainstream
Systems

4:15 - 5:00 Panel 3: Litigation and Law Reform Efforts Revisited

5:15 CLOSING SESSION: BIG IDEAS! How should the systems be
changed? EDGAR CAHN & FLORENCE WAGMAN ROISMAN

6:00 ALUMNI REUNION - Firebird Inn - Building 39 - Connecticut Ave. Level

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