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JUSTICE SPEAKS: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS: THE SUPREME COURT & CHOICE On Tuesday, November 14, 2006 the Justice Action Center presented the third Justice Speaks lunch, Women's Rights are Civil Rights: The Supreme Court & Choice. Marcia Greenberger, President and Co-Founder of the National Women's Law Center; and Priscilla Smith, Director of the Domestic Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, discussed the progress of the reproductive rights movement and the future of the movement pending the Supreme Court's ruling on the 'partial-birth' abortion cases, Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood, heard on November 8, 2006. Click here for more information on this event. Listen to Ms. Smith's oral argument in Gonzales v. Carhart, as well as the oral argument in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood at C-SPAN.
On Thursday, October 26, 2006, a representative from Project FAIR conducted a training session for students interested in working with Project FAIR.
Project FAIR is a collaborative, New York City-based project working towards greater economic justice for low-income and homeless New Yorkers. Project FAIR empowers individuals and their communities by increasing access to information about public benefits, rights in the administrative "fair hearing" process, and community services; by securing quality legal assistance for public assistance, food stamp and Medicaid recipients; and by serving as a resource for community organizers.
For more information on Project FAIR and on this training, please click here. |
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Professor Seth Harris moderated.
For more information on this event please click here.
IT'S NOT POLITICS AS USUAL IN THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
| On Tuesday, September 19, 2006, the JAC presented the first lunch in the Justice Speaks Lunch Series, It's Not Politics as Usual in the New York City Council. Council Member David Weprin, New York City Council discussed the city government, his experiences in the City Council, and his role as chair of the Finance Committee. For more information on this event please click here. |
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On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 the Justice Action Center sponsored a back to school happy hour at Centrico. While enjoying free margaritas and appetizers, new JACs had an opportunity to get to know each other, as well as a chance to meet current JACs, JAC faculty and JAC alumni. |
WORKERS, IMIGRATION, AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE
On Thursday, August 24, 2006, the Justice Action Center sponsored the second annual Workers, Immigration, and the Lower East Side Walking Tour. This event gave first-year students an opportunity to meet current JACs and JAC faculty, while exploring the LES and learning its history. The tour was followed by dessert at Cafe Palermo in Little Italy.
Between 1892 and 1924, 12 million people passed through Ellis Island. Two-thirds of these immigrants went immediately to the Lower East Side, most settling and becoming a part of the fabric of New York City. This tour explored historic patterns of immigration in the city, from the Germans and the Irish in the mid-19th century through the waves of Eastern European and Jewish immigrants and the peak years of Ellis Island. Stops along the walking tour included:
- Typical Tenement Housing
- Traditional Jewish Bakeries (and their modern successors)
- Sites associated with William "Boss" Tweed and other connection to the
movie "Gangs of New York"- The Henry Street Settlement
- The Original Jewish Daily Forward Building
- Storefront Synagogues
- The Manhattan Bridge
- The Heart of Little Italy
- Market Streets in Chinatown
ASYLUM TRAINING -- REPRESENTING CHILDREN
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On Monday, August 7, 2006, the Safe Passage Immigration Project of the Justice Action Center sponsored a training session on representing children in asylum applications. Alumna Pamela Goldberg, a very experienced asylum law advocate, and for many years a clinical professor in this field presented the program. The program also included a viewing of a short film and a discussion of recent developments in asylum law. |
Please email question to immigration@nyls.edu.
Information on the Safe Passage Immigration Project
For additional information on any JAC event, please contact the Center by e-mail at jac@nyls.edu or at 212-431-2314.
