Programmatic Agenda

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Low Library, Columbia University

8:00 am   

Registration and Doors Open 

9:00 am

Welcome Remarks

• Anthony Mejia, Columbia Law School '25
• Tona Boyd, Legal Defense Fund
• Ary Amerikaner, Brown's Promise

9:30 am

Panel: Brown’s Legacy

• Sam Spital, Legal Defense Fund
• Raymond Pierce, Southern Education Foundation
• Floyd McKissick, Jr., Former NC Senator
• Prof. Olatunde Johnson, Columbia Law School
• Malik Sammons, Columbia Law School '25
• Prof. Janel George, Georgetown Law School (Moderator)

10:45 am

Panel: The New 14th Amendment

• Sherrilyn Ifill, 7th President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund
• Jin Hee Lee, Legal Defense Fund
• Damon Hewitt, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Andrew Brennen, Columbia Law School '25 (Moderator)

12:00 pm

Fireside Chat: The Next 70 Years of Educational Equity

• Janai Nelson, Legal Defense Fund
  
• Saba Bireda, Brown's Promise
• Bennett Lunn, Columbia Law School '25

12:45 pm

Break for Lunch   

1:30 pm

Panel: Intergenerational Movement Lawyering

• Prof. Susan Sturm, Columbia Law School
• Obi Afriyie, Legal Defense Fund
• Ava Pittman, Integrate NYC
• Genesis Hatchett, HHN2L

2:30 pm

Closing Remarks

• Tona Boyd, Legal Defense Fund

3:30 pm

Closed Strategy Sessions

• Ary Amerikaner, Brown's Promise
  
• Stefan Lallinger, Next100
• Prof. Cara McClellan, University of Pennsylvania
• Gina Chirichigno, National Coalition on School Diversity
• Hamida Labi, Legal Defense Fund
• Prof. Preston Green, University of Connecticut
• Bob Kim, Education Law Center
• Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta, Legal Defense Fund
• Prof. Jim Liebman, Columbia Law School
• Sarah Seo, Legal Defense Fund

Please see the "Speakers" Tab for Bios and Headshots