
Keynote Speakers:
Plenary Sessions:
Wednesday, October 29th 4:30-6:00pm
Criminalization of Homelessness and Poverty: Local, State and National Resistance
Kirsten Anderson, Deputy Legal Director, Economic Justice Practice Group, Southern Poverty Law Center
Ramina Davidson, Vice President of Field Strategy & Innovation, National Low income Houring Coalition
Tiffany Hickey, Staff Attorney, Equal Access and Housing, Disability Rights California
Joy Johnson, Board Vice President, Legal Aid Justice Center
Michael Santos, Associate Director, RESULTS
Eric Tars, Senior Policy Director, National Homelessness Law Center
Criminalization of homelessness takes many forms; it includes enactment of laws that punish unhoused people for doing things in public that every person has to do, unfairly enforcing other laws against unhoused people, threats of involuntary commitments, and punitive practices that disrupt or displace unhoused people from public spaces. Panelists will discuss the reality of local, state and national policies and what communities, advocates, lawyers, and policy makers can do to counter the rise in efforts to criminalize homelessness and poverty.
Thursday, October 30th 8:00-9:45am
Integrated Advocacy to Advance Opportunity: Reducing the Cost to Families of Legal System Involvement
Sincere Allah, Founder, Sankofa Academy Consulting LLC
Atteeyah Hollie, Deputy Director, Southern Center for Human Rights
Elissa Johnson, Vice President Criminal Justice Campaigns, FWD.us
This panel will explore the current narrative around justice and safety and discuss how litigators, policy experts, and community advocates are essential partners to challenge the status quo and advance opportunity and justice for marginalized communities. FWD.us will share recent original research regarding the costs on families from incarceration, and the panel will explore how these costs and collateral consequences on housing, transportation, employment and health contribute to the racial wealth gap and intergenerational poverty.
Thursday, October 30th 4:45-6:00 pm
Change at the Civil Rights Division: What it Means and What’s on the Line
R. Tamar Hagler, Former Chief & Deputy Chief, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
Shaheena Simons, Senior Advisor, Strategy & Programs, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Christine Stoneman, Retired, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice & Law and Public Policy Fellow, Northeastern University
Three former chiefs from the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division will discuss public information regarding changing priorities within the Civil Rights Division and engage with the audience on what is on the line for client communities, civil rights advocates, grant recipients, and others working for access to equal justice.
Friday, October 31st 3:30-5:00 pm
How Defending Democracy is Integral to the Fight for Access to Equal Justice
Democracy Forward and others (TBD)
This session will bring together experts defending democracy to discuss how litigation and advocacy can preserve and advance access to civil legal services and public defense for communities, families and individuals unable to afford counsel.
Tuesday, October 28th
Pre-Conferences:
9am- 6pm MIE New Executive Director Training
NLADA Client Leadership Bootcamp
Wednesday, October 29th
9am- 12pm Visits to the Hill
2:30pm- 3:30pm Section Meetings:
Latino-a-x Section Meeting
Native American Section Meeting
Technology Section Meeting
African American Project Directors Association (AAPDA) Meeting
4:30pm- 6pm Meeting of Members
6pm- 8pm Welcome Reception
Thursday, October 30th
7:30am- 5pm Quiet and Lactation Rooms Open
7:30am- 5pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:30am- 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am- 9:45am Opening Plenary
9:45am- 10am Break
10am- 11am Concurrent Sessions
11am- 11:15am Break
11:15am- 12:15pm Concurrent Sessions
12:15pm- 1:45pm Lunch (on your own)
1:45pm- 2:45pm Concurrent Sessions
2:45pm- 3pm Break
3pm- 4pm Concurrent Sessions
4pm- 4:45pm Exhibitor Showcase and Refreshments
4:45pm- 6pm Day 1 Closing Plenary
6pm - 7:30pm MIE reception
6:15pm- 7:15pm Client Section Meeting
7:15pm- 9pm Client reception
Friday, October 31st
7:30am- 5pm Quiet and Lactation Rooms Open
7:30am- 5pm Exhibit Hall Open
8am- 9:30am Breakfast
9am- 10:30am Caucuses (Civil, Client, Defender)
10:30am- 10:45am Break
10:45am- 11:45am Concurrent Sessions
12pm- 2pm Awards Luncheon
2pm- 2:15pm Break
2:15pm- 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions
3:15pm- 3:30pm Break
3:30pm- 5pm Closing Plenary
Saturday, November 1st
8am- 10am Exhibit Hall
8am- 12pm Frontline Justice Post-Conference
9am- 10am NLADA Drop In Time
10am- 12pm Meetings for Partner Organizations
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