'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

Suggested Citation

Faithful, Richael, 'Toward the Heart of Justice' - Keynote Address, Women's Diversity Conference, March 24, 2012, Adrian College (March 25, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2028737 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2028737

Richael Faithful (Contact Author)

National Lawyers Guild Review ( email )

United States

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