About this Event
Join the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures for a presentation and panel discussion over a shared dinner.
The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters
Jamila Michener will share insights from research rooted in the experiences of ordinary people and based on her recent book, Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power. Jamila Michener is a professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University, and the inaugural director of the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures. She studies poverty, racism, and public policy, with a particular focus on health and housing. She is author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics (Cambridge University Press) and Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power (Princeton University Press). She works closely with community-based organizations around the country to apply research insights to address urgent problems facing racially and economically marginalized communities.
Following Jamila's presentation, the panel discussion will feature:
- Aubrey Rose Jane Hall, PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Cornell University (Moderater)
- Adam Hart, Operations Manager/Community Organizer, Tompkins County Workers Center
- Kayla Matos, Deputy Director, Southside Community Center, 1st Ward Alderperson, Common Council
This dinner will take place from 6–8pm at Southside Community Center (305 S Plain St). Catered dinner by Mama Sharon's Kitchen will be provided free of charge. Please register in advance and let us know if you have any food allergies we should be aware of.
The first 30 people at the event will receive a copy of Dr. Michener's most recent book, Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power.
Toward Equitable Futures is a community dinner series designed around a simple but powerful premise: that communities learn better together when they also eat together. Please join the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures and our community partners for catered dinners and public forums that brings together faculty, students, researchers, and Ithaca residents around shared food and shared inquiry. Each dinner features a 30-minute presentation followed by a moderated panel discussion. At their core, the dinners are an investment in community-rooted relationship-building that makes justice work possible.
Event venue & nearby stays
Southside Community Center, 305 South Plain Street, Ithaca, United States
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