Rutgers Race and the Law Review to hold a symposium on “A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality”

By: Raquel Friday, February 19th, 2010

Feb. 25 Symposium to Explore How Laws and Social Policies Impact LGBT Communities of Color

Newark, N.J., Feb. 19, 2010 –Prominent scholars, activists, and attorneys will discuss the effects of current laws and social policies on LGBT communities of color at the annual symposium of the Rutgers Race and the Law Review, to be held from 5 – 9 pm on Thursday, February, 25, 2010 at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. The title of the journal’s symposium is “An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality.”

Admission is free and open to the public. RSVP required by February 20 to http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposiumrsvpform.html.

What: “An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality,” sponsored by the Rutgers Race and the Law Review

Who: OPENING REMARKS Rutgers–Newark Chancellor Steven J. Diner

LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN NEWARK AND NEW JERSEY
Chas B. Brack, Dir., Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Documentary Project
Bryan Epps, Exec. Dir., Newark Pride Alliance
Perris Straughter, Acting Dir., Newark-Essex Pride Coalition
J. Frank Vespa-Papaleo, Sr. Counsel to the State Public Advocate
Moderator: Suzanne Kim, Associate Professor of Law,
Rutgers School of Law- Newark

LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITHIN THE LARGER GAY COMMUNITY – ISSUE ROUND-UP
Carlene Jadusingh, Rep., Lesbian & Gay Law Association of Greater New York
Flor Bermudez, Youth in Out-of-Home Care Attorney, Lambda Legal
Kenyon Farrow, Exec. Dir., Queers for Economic Justice
Katherine Acey, Exec. Dir., Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Moderator: Carlos Ball, Professor of Law and Judge Frederick Lacey Scholar,
Rutgers School of Law- Newark

When: 5 – 9 pm, Thursday, February 25, 2010, with dinner to follow

Where: Baker Trial Courtroom, Rutgers School of Law–Newark