The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee invites all to participate in a series of four Opt-In presentations with Q&A’s about Oregon’s historical mistreatment of people of color. The sessions are as follows: March 9: Oregon Historical Society; March 10: Oregon Black Pioneers; March 16: Japanese American Museum of Oregon; March 17: Dr Carma Corcoran
TIME Magazine’s TIME 100 Talks, a video series highlighting influential people, has included alumna and disability-rights advocate Haben Girma BA ’10 in its line-up. Girma, a recipient of Lewis & Clark’s 2016 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, is the first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. In her talk, Girma expands upon the article she wrote for TechCrunch, “The Robots Occupying Our Sidewalks.”
Alexandra Cook will join Lewis & Clark Law School on May 1 as the new Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Academic Resources.
Resources and Support for Continued Anti-Racist Work.
The Office of Equity and Inclusion is reviving the Intergroup Dialogue Series (started by Student Life in 2014). This series is open to all staff and faculty.
The Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at Lewis & Clark Law School recently filed a joint amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of an Oregon Law Center lawsuit. The Metropolitan Public Defender’s (MPD) Community Law Division, which partners with CJRC on the Barrier Reduction Project, joined CJRC in submitting the brief.