Open-to-the-public panel discussion including:
Robyn Merrill - Executive Director, Maine Equal Justice Partners
Susan Roche - Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
Wondering what to do in the wake of the election? Do you know that racism and racial injustice exists, but don't know where to begin to make change? Let us help you!
Presented by SPACE GALLERY:
The ACLU of Maine is a proud Community Partner of TEDxDirigo:
On March 2, the nation’s U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the biggest abortion case in decades, Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The U.S. Supreme Court will determine if two provisions of a 2013 Texas law present an “undue burden” for women seeking to end a pregnancy.
The Conference is intended to inspire American immigrant women in Maine to see this moment in history as an opportunity to come together, to use this platform to raise awareness of the challenges immigrant women face, and to honor their community heroes.
Rarely do we hold space with people outside of our digital or academic worlds to discuss the uncomfortable... race, class, and the “isms”. To touch the uncomfortable is to look within ourselves and ask the questions that we have been taught are not for public viewing.
Faced with mounting fatalities as the debate over abortion rages in France, Simone Veil, French Minister of Health, played with depth and restraint by Emmanuelle Devos, is spearheading the movement for legalization. It is 1974.
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis will present two lectures on the topic “Editorial Cartoons: Insight or Insult?” on March 14 and 15. Drawing for the Buffalo News (NY), Zyglis works on the cusp of free speech in American democracy.
(Sponsor Reception, 6pm)
Honoring Professor Deirdre M. Smith
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic
University of Maine School of Law
With Featured Speaker Dennis D. Parker
Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program