June 16, Web Briefing The State Of Equal Opportunity In 2009

Save the Date: Web Briefing: June 16
The State of Equal Opportunity in 2009
2pm – 4pm (ET)/11am-1pm (PT)

Please join us for a web-based discussion to hear national updates on equal opportunity & anti-equal opportunity ballot initiatives, learn about efforts in Nebraska to maintain support for equal opportunity programs, review pending cases in the courts regarding race conscious policies and programs and lastly, discuss efforts to ensure equal opportunity in economic stimulus implementation.

This web discussion is sponsored by the Impact 209 Coalition, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund/Americans for a Fair Chance Project and the Fulfilling the Dream Fund. You’ll hear from speakers addressing national efforts regarding equal opportunity and anti-equal opportunity ballot initiatives, efforts in Nebraska to build public support for equal opportunity, legal challenges to race conscious policies and programs, and new efforts to ensure equal opportunity for people of color and women in the implementation of federal economic stimulus dollars.

In this web briefing, you’ll hear updates from:
• Anurima Bhargava, Director of the Education Practice of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund;
• Juhu Thukral, Director of Law & Advocacy of The Opportunity Agenda;
• Becky Gould, Executive Director of Nebraska Appleseed;
• Ellen Buchman, Vice-President for Field Operations and Anjali Thakur, Director of Americans for a Fair Chance Project of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund.

For additional information, please contact Sara Jackson at sjackson [at] equaljusticesociety [dot] org