Why We Can't Wait 2007 Regional Conference
The conference was a huge success! Thanks to all our partners, participants, volunteers, and attendees for a truly inspiring event!
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Click here to download the conference notebook materials. (PDF)
Click here to download the Final Conference Agenda with participants. (DOC)
About the Conference
The 1980s in the United States marked the beginning of what some have called the "rollback" period in civil rights. Through a series of decisions in key areas of the law such as educational equality, employment discrimination, disability rights, environmental justice and sexual harassment, the federal courts have limited the ability of people to file and win civil rights cases by restricting access to courts and eroding remedies for practices that discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities, women, older Americans, and persons with disabilities.
This conference, Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights, is being convened by North Carolina Central University School of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Duke Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund and the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, in an effort to educate, raise awareness and build alliances to protect and preserve equal justice, fairness, and opportunity and to make sure our laws are in step with the country we want for ourselves and for future generations.
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Co-Sponsors
ACLU of North Carolina - ACLU of South Carolina - African American Ministers Leadership Council - Alliance for Justice - American Association of People with Disabilities - American Civil Liberties Union - American Jewish Committee - Asian American Justice Center - AFL-CIO - Campus Progress - Center for Responsible Lending - Democracy North Carolina - Disability Rights Education Defense Fund - Equality North Carolina- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund - NAACP - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund - National Association of Social Workers - National Community Reinvestment Coalition - National Congress of American Indians - National Council of La Raza - National Education Association - National Employment Lawyers Association - National Fair Housing Alliance - National Health Law Program- National Partnership for Women and Families - National Women’s Law Center - Native American Rights Fund - New York Lawyers for the Public Interest - North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers - North Carolina AFL-CIO - North Carolina Association of Educators - North Carolina Justice Center - North Carolina State Conference, NAACP - People for the American Way Foundation - Service Employees International Union- United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries - United Food and Commercial Workers - United States Hispanic Leadership Institute - Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living - Young Elected Officials Network |
