'Toward the Heart of Justice' - Keynote Address, Women's Diversity Conference, March 24, 2012, Adrian College
12 Pages Posted: 28 Mar 2012
Date Written: March 25, 2012
Abstract
In her keynote address, Richael will discuss how her identities as a young, southern, Black, queer female shapes her experience with power and animates her work as an organizer, writer, and lawyer. In particular, she will focus on her current work as a community lawyer at the D.C.-based organization, Advancement Project, where she is using a variety of tools to engage powerful institutions - law and politics - to support the struggle of persons who have lost their right to vote as a result of criminal convictions. Finally, Richael will reflect on three foundational values that have grounded her throughout her life’s experiment in engaging power toward individual and collective transformation: embracing vulnerability, experiencing wholeness, and cultivating radical imagination.
Keywords: power, institutions, law, politics, disenfranchisement
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