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WED 3/18: TUPOCC teach-in on Chicago Police Torture

A Teach-In on the history of Chicago Police Torture at the John Marshall Law School.

Between 1972 and 1991, Chicago Police Department Officers tortured at least 112 African American men and youth.

Chicago Police Detective Jon Burge was primarily responsible for introducing the torture techniques, which included electric shock, suffocation, burns, beatings, use of cattle prods, use of nooses, and mock executions with guns.

This teach-in will take place at John Marshall Law School, Room 201, on Wednesday, March 18th from 12pm to 1:30pm. Please circulate to your networks. TUPOCC is collaborating with First Defense Legal Aid as well as Lyons McCray Legal LLP and Dominguez Legal Justice Center (both of which are Justice Entrepreneur Project participants). John Marshall’s Black Law Student Association and Latino Law Student Association are also co-sponsoring.

Facebook event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1579849715635073/

(Folks have to rsvp on Facebook by 3/16 or bring photo ID the day of the event because of John Marshall’s security set-up.)

 

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Ferguson & Beyond: NLG Midwest Regional Conference in St. Louis – March 20-22

Registration is now open for the 2015 NLG Midwest Regional Conference:  “Ferguson and Beyond.”  March 20–22, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The St. Louis chapter has put together a fantastic agenda centered around the events in Ferguson and the legal response.  We also will have great panels dealing with the environmental justice issues confronting our region and immigration considerations for non-citizen activists.  There will also be CLE credit available.

Now, more than ever, we need to forge strong relationships across the Midwest.  Please join us to stand in solidarity, expand your knowledge, build the Guild, and have rocking good time!

Conference information

Attached please find detailed information about the weekend, including the Friday night welcome party, Saturday night gathering, and Sunday morning meetings.

For additional information, visit:  www.nlgstl.org/midwest-conference

Registration Information
To register, go to: http://www.nlgstl.org/midwest-conference/registration/    |  Online payment is available!

$20 | law students, legal worker, low income, community organizer
$40-60 | lawyers and others
NOTE:  Registration fee includes 2 continental breakfasts, and lunch.

REGISTER TODAY

Housing
For information on alternative housing, please email:  conferencehousing@nlgstl.org

There are a number of union hotels and family-owned establishments close by to the conference site (Saint Louis University School of Law (100 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63101).  To verify union status of a hotel, you can always visit Unite Here!

NLG Midwest Regional 2015

 

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Justice for All? Animal Rights Panel

Chicago viewing of
Justice for All? Race, Class, Gender, Disability and Animal Liberation:

A Panel on Animal Liberation and Intersectionality

Monday, March 2
5:30 p.m.
304 S. State St.
Room 529

View the Facebook event

Is animal rights a feminist issue? If we deny animals rights because they lack the abilities humans possess, are we being ableist? Does supporting animal liberation detract from human liberation struggles? Or could it help human rights causes?

The New York City chapter of National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Animal Rights Activism Committee is hosting this discussion with long-time activists, writers, and advocates Timothy Pachirat, pattrice jones, Christopher-Sebastian McJetters, and Sunaura Taylor. Our panelists will explore how speciesism and non-human animal exploitation intersect with other forms of oppression.

This Chicago based viewing is hosted by the Chicago Chapter of NLG’s Animal Rights Activism Committee and co-sponsored by The John Marshall National Lawyers Guild, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at the John Marshall Law School

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NLG Palestine Delegation 2014 Report

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The NLG Palestine Subcommittee advocates for justice in Palestine, organizes delegations, provides legal support to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movements, works to support Palestinian political prisoners, and works to implement Palestinian rights.

Please read through their latest report on the conditions in Palestine.

PRISONERS OF INJUSTICE
Report of the National Lawyers Guild Delegation to Palestine
May 2014

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Korematsu Day CLE Feb 10

Korematsu Day 2-10-2015Fred T. Korematsu was a national civil rights hero. In 1942, at the age of 23, he refused to go to the government’s incarceration camps for Japanese Americans. After he was arrested and convicted of defying the government’s order, he appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court. In 1944, the Supreme Court ruled against him, arguing that the incarceration was justified due to military necessity.

In honor of Fred Korematsu day, T.U.P.O.C.C. Chicago will hold a special screening of the documentary “Of Civil Rights and Wrongs” followed by reflections by panelists, Bill Yoshino, Japanese American Citizens League, Rabya Khan, Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Shubra Ohri, People’s Law Office.

RSVP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1056775734348423/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&source=1

 

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Viewing of “Fruitvale Station” Thurs 2/19

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The Chicago NLG is hosting a viewing of the film “Fruitvale Station” to promote discussion on the ongoing events surrounding the police killing of unarmed black men and #BlackLivesMatter protests. “Fruitvale Station” is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, a 22 year-old black man, shot and killed by a BART officer at the Fruitvale subway station in Oakland, California. Oscar Grant was unarmed and handcuffed when he was murdered on New Years Day.

Come join us at:

Grace Place 637 S Dearborn St.

Thursday, February 19 @ 5:30PM – 8PM

Please RSVP to chicago@nlg.org or on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1425270187764387/

 

Contact

637 S. Dearborn St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605

(773) 492-1405
chicago[@]nlg.org