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Embedded Racism in the Law: A Reckoning on Economics, Race, Climate Change, and the Covid-19 Pandemic

21 Oct 2021

Embedded Racism in the Law: A Reckoning on Economics, Race, Climate Change, and the Covid-19 Pandemic

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Chase Community Center

Virtual

Vermont Law School Presents Embedded Racism in the Law Discussion

What Does This Moment Require From Us:

A Reckoning on Economics, Race, Climate Change, and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Patterson
Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project

Jacqueline Patterson is founder and executive director of the Chisolm Legacy Project. Previously she served as the senior director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Patterson served as a senior women’s rights policy analyst for ActionAid, assistant vice-president of HIV/AIDS programs for IMA World Health, outreach project associate for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, research coordinator for Johns Hopkins University, and as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica and the West Indies. She has worked as a researcher, program manager, coordinator, advocate and activist working on women’s rights, violence against women, HIV/AIDS, racial justice, economic justice, emergency response, and environmental and climate justice.

Watch live at vermontlaw.edu/live or on Facebook.

Embedded Racism in the Law Panel Discussion - What Does This Moment Require From Us: A Reckoning on Economics, Race, Climate Change, and the Covid-19 Pandemic

 

Questions? Concerns? Contact Nina Russo at nrusso@vermontlaw.edu