ADVISORY: Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress, and the National Association of Social Workers-Louisiana to Present Second in Series of Webinars on the Louisiana Legislature
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–August 25, 2021
Tomorrow, August 26, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., the Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress, and the National Association of Social Workers-Louisiana Chapter will team up to present the second installment of a four-part webinar series on the Louisiana legislature, featuring state legislators and advocates. The discussion will focus on Civil Rights issues from the 2021 regular legislative sessions, including Police Reforms, Criminal Justice Reform, and Voting Rights. Register at https://www.sulc.edu/form/632.
BATON ROUGE, LA | August 25, 2021—Tomorrow, August 12, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., the Southern University Law Center (SULC) will partner with Louisiana Progress and the National Association of Social Workers--Louisiana Chapter to present the second installment in a four-part webinar series on the 2021 Louisiana Legislative Session. Register at https://www.sulc.edu/form/632.
The second webinar will be moderated by SULC’s Alfreda Tillman Bester, Esq. Panelists will include:
State Representative Ted James
State Representative Marcus Bryant
Reverend Alexis Anderson, Executive Director of PREACH
Michael Cahoon, Co-Lead Organizer Policy Advocate at the Promise of Justice Initiative
Will Harrell, Senior Policy Council for Voice of the Experienced (VOTE0
Peter Robins-Brown, Policy & Advocacy Director at Louisiana Progress.
This second session will focus on civil rights issues from the 2021 regular legislative session, including police reform, criminal justice reform, and voting rights. Every webinar session is free to the public, and will count for 1.5 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credits or 1.5 hours of social worker CEUs.
“Too often, policies in Louisiana ignore our state’s most vulnerable populations,” according to Alfreda Tillman Bester, Special Counsel for Human Services at SULC, and leader of the law school’s Vulnerable Communities & Peoples Initiative (VCPI). “We hope that by providing education opportunities like these we can demystify the legislative process and help empower people to advocate for policies that center people over profits.”
“Far too few people in Louisiana are well informed about what is happening in our state’s capital,” said Melissa Flournoy, Board Chair of Louisiana Progress. “At Louisiana Progress we want to take citizens behind the curtain of power and show them what the issues are and how we can fix them. We are excited to bring together legislators, advocates, and citizens to focus on solutions to Louisiana’s problems.”
The schedule of webinars is as follows:
August 26: Civil Rights--Criminal Justice and Police Reform, and Voting Rights
September 9: Healthy Families--Women & Children, Workers’ Rights, Education
September 23: Looking Ahead to 2022: Redistricting Session & Regular Session
Who: Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress & National Association of Social Workers- Louisiana Chapter
What: Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress and the National Association of Social Workers--Louisiana Chapter partner to present a four-part webinar series on the Louisiana legislature, with panels featuring state legislators and advocates
When: August 26, 2021
Contact:
Peter Robins-Brown, Policy & Advocacy Director, Louisiana Progress, (504) 256-8196, peter@louisianaprogress.org
Jasmine Hunter, External Affairs Director, Southern University Law Center, JHunter@sulc.edu