Free Celebration Event for the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

HUD Celebration of 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 & Disability Civil Rights     On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is hosting a hybrid event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a landmark law providing civil rights to persons with disabilities in all federal programs and activities.    The Rehabilitation Act is a core component of FHEO’s mission to ensure affordable, accessible, and integrated housing for persons with disabilities nationwide, and the promise of housing choice for all. The commemoration will examine the history of the disability rights movement, successes, emerging issues, and the continued need for vigorous enforcement of fair housing and civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities and ensuring equal opportunity. The event will feature a discussion of disability rights in federally funded programs with Disability Rights Attorney, John Wodatch, Chief Program and Policy Officer, Regina Blye, & HUD Associate General Counsel, Jeanine Worden, discuss disability rights in federally funded programs, along with a powerful video underscoring the importance of housing choice for all. Learn more about the event here.   You can register to watch the event virtually by clicking the link or scanning the QR code below: http://bit.ly/3QO67sh.

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HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and espanol.hud.gov. You can also connect with HUD on social media or sign up for news alerts on HUD's Email List.

Source: HUD Fair Housing News, August 23, 2023.

 Book Review: 

Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights

by Samuel G. Freedman

Oxford University Press: 2023. 504 pages. $34.95.

This interesting book celebrates the Democratic Party's 1948 adoption of a Civil Rights plank at its presidential nominating convention. Hubert Humphrey was the driving force behind this important landmark in the Civil Rights movement. As Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains (2005) and American Midnight (2022), commented: "...Even people like me who disagreed with Hubert Humphrey over Vietnam will come away from this book with a deepened respect for the man who dragged his reluctant party to take a stand for civil rights."

When they convened in 1948, a pressing issue - besides re-nominating Harry Truman for President - was if Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and put it in their official platform. Even under Franklin Roosevelt, the party had dodged the issue in order to keep a bloc of Southern segregationists - the so-called Dixiecrats-in the New Deal coalition. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, then 37 and the not well known mayor of Minneapolis, urged the delegates to "get out of the shadow of state's rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." To many's surprise including Humphrey, the delegates voted to adopt a strong civil-rights plank. Truman ran on it in his campaign, desegregated the armed forces, and upset the Republican frontrunner Thomas Dewey - a victory due in part to an unprecedented surge of Black voters.

The book includes the history of Humphrey's many contributions to liberal politics, especially regarding civil rights. Humphrey's life journey to the 1948 pivotal speech went from a rural, all-white South Dakota town, to the mayoralty of Minneapolis where he fought its notorious racism and anti-Semitism, to his role as a national champion of multiracial democracy. His allies included a Black newspaper publisher, a Jewish attorney, and a professor who had fled Nazi Germany. The adversaries were the white supremacists, Christian Nationalists, and America Firsters of mid-century America - one of whom tried to assassinate him on February 6, 1947. The March 18, 1948 Minneapolis Star Tribune explained that Humphrey’s championship of civil rights and work for honesty in government "had stoked anger in some quarters."

Highly Recommended.

*****

Sources:

https://hennepinhistory.org/minneapolis-mayor-under-fire/.

https://www.amazon.com/Into-Bright-Sunshine-Humphrey-AMERICAN/dp/0197535194.

 Free Maryland Seminar on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & Expression Law

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 Maryland Hate Bias Reporting Forum on May 11th

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The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, Maryland Office of the Attorney General & Maryland Commission on Civil Rights' Western Maryland Advisory Council will host a Hate Bias Reporting Forum. The Hate Bias Reporting Forum will provide community leaders and members of law enforcement with important information in response to the 2021 Hate Bias Report for the State of Maryland. The forum will engage local law enforcement, elected officials, and community leaders in discussions and information sharing on methods to facilitate more effective reporting as well as responding to bias incidents and hate crimes. For more information, visit our website.  To register, visit the registration page. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND!

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April 28th Bazelon Center Zoom Event 

Bazelon Center Zoom Event on April 28th

Zoom Registration Link

Advancing an Alternative: Peer-led, Community-Based Services that Promote Equity and Safety for All

April 28, 2023, 1:00-2:30 PM ET

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Description:

This webinar is part 2 of a 2-webinar Learning Community hosted by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) that addresses SAMHSA’s priorities of crisis stabilization, mobile crisis, and children. The learning community will focus on leveraging federal funding & policy to increase best practice community-based services that are voluntary, evidence-based, and trauma-informed.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand the disproportionate negative impacts of traditional crisis response systems on over reliance on the police to respond to crises involving communities and people with disabilities, including people with serious mental illness (SMI) or emotional disturbance (SED), and how solutions must be responsive to these disparities; (2) Learn how peer-led, community-based services and supports improve wellness, support communities, and protect civil rights, drawing from real-world examples of programs that have been successfully implemented; and (3) Examine current trends in state and federal policy, including challenges and opportunities to advance peer-led, community-based services for people with SMI or SED.

This is a SAMHSA-Sponsored webinar. Live closed captioning and ASL interpreters will be available.     ***Post materials will be emailed to you within a few days after the     webinar. This will include the recording link, PowerPoint slides and a certificate of attendance as we do not offer CEU credits. For questions, contact Kelle Masten via email at kelle.masten@nasmhpd.org or Paige Thomas at paige.thomas@nasmhpd.org.

Speakers

Vesper Moore: Chief Operating Officer, Kiva Centers (they/elle) Kristina Roth: Senior Policy Associate, Legal Defense Fund (she/her) Ashley Sproul: Peer Facilitator Coordinator, Kiva Centers (she/her) Monica Porter: Policy & Legal Advocacy Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (she/her)

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 Economic Justice Summit March 30-31, 2023

Economic Justice Summit at Georgetown University Law Center

March 30-31, 2023

Georgetown University Law Center, The Sarah and Bernard Gewirz Student Center

120 F Street NW, Floor 12, Washington, DC 20001

Free. Register. by March 29, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

For more information, contact: ABA Service Center (800) 285-2221 / service@americanbar.org

The theme for the American Bar Association's Civil Rights and Social Justice Section (CRSJ) 22-23 Bar Year is economic justice, fundamental to civil rights and social justice. This two-day Summit will cover issues such as guaranteed income, taxes and debt, housing, and the racial wealth gap. During the Summit, lawyers, activists, policymakers, and key stakeholders will formulate policy solutions to the nation's most critical economic disparities and devise strategies to implement such policy solutions.

As the American Bar Association (ABA)’s only membership entity exclusively dedicated to the advancement of human rights, civil liberties, and social justice, we seek to understand the role that lawyers can play in the pursuit of economic justice. A detailed agenda with program descriptions and speakers is available here.

The Economic Justice Summit is open to both in-person and virtual attendees, so please choose accordingly during the registration process. This event is complimentary and open to the public. Please share word of this event widely with your colleagues and networks.

Summit Supporters: Truist, Georgetown University Law Center, D.C. Bar, American Tax Policy Institute, ABA Section of Taxation, Francine J. Lipman & James E. Williamson.

Summit Co-Sponsors: ABA Business Law Section, ABA Center for Public Interest Law, ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, ABA Criminal Justice Section, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Young Lawyers Division.

Read the ABA's article about the Summit.

Read the Wealth Disparities and Civil Rights issue of CRSJ's Human Rights Magazine.