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Sunday, June 13th 2021
COVID19 pandemic exposed multiple cracks in the nation’s social foundation in areas ranging from healthcare, employment, education, discrimination in law enforcement, and housing. Predictably, those most vulnerable are people of color, immigrants, the indigent and low wage workers. Though necessary, the various vaccines will not address those cracks.
This talk will address what we must do in the post-pandemic times to achieve the elusive goals of equity and equality in the United States.
Dennis D. Parker serves as the Director of the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (“NCLEJ”), a national organization founded in 1965 to fight on behalf of low income and economically disadvantaged people. Prior to joining NCLEJ, Dennis served as the director of the Racial Justice Program of the ACLU, Chief of the Civil Rights Bureau in the office of the New York Attorney General and, for fourteen years, worked on and directed the educational work of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School/Teachers College and New York Law School.