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The Witness, a project of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, tells first-person stories from attorneys and advocates who are on the front lines of the fight against poverty. Each episode of The Witness profiles one or more advocates work

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law


    • Dec 10, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    010 - Alicia and Shelia Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 25:53


    Today's episode is the first in our new mini-series about the Shriver Center's own Racial Justice Institute. Formerly the Racial Justice Training Institute, Over the past five years, the Racial Justice Training Institute has equipped more than 200 Fellows from around the country to practice community-led advocacy in pursuit of racial justice. During the Racial Justice Institute National Convening, we got to talk with some of the lawyers and advocates who came together from across the country. We learned about their lives, their careers and their hopes for the future of the Racial Justice Institute. In the final episode of our RJI mini-series, we hear Part 2 of the conversation between Alicia White the Criminal Practice - Social Work Program Director - at Brooklyn Defenders Services, and Shelia Miller the Supervising Paralegal at the National Immigration Law Center

    009 - John and Anna

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 18:15


    Today's episode is the third in our new mini-series about the Shriver Center's own Racial Justice Institute. Formerly the Racial Justice Training Institute, Over the past five years, the Racial Justice Training Institute has equipped more than 200 Fellows from around the country to practice community-led advocacy in pursuit of racial justice. During the first-ever Racial Justice Institute National Convening, we got to talk with some of the lawyers and advocates who came together from across the country. We learned about their lives, their careers and their hopes for the future of the Racial Justice Institute. In our third episode, we hear the conversation between John Petit a Managing Attorney at Communitty Legal Services Inc. and Anna Moss a Supervising Attorney at Legal Services of South Central Michigan.

    008 - Alicia and Shelia Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 26:10


    Today's episode is the second in our new mini-series about the Shriver Center's own Racial Justice Institute. Formerly the Racial Justice Training Institute, Over the past five years, the Racial Justice Training Institute has equipped more than 200 Fellows from around the country to practice community-led advocacy in pursuit of racial justice. During the first-ever Racial Justice Institute National Convening, we got to talk with some of the lawyers and advocates who came together from across the country. We learned about their lives, their careers and their hopes for the future of the Racial Justice Institute. In the second episode of our RJI mini-series, we hear Part 1 of the conversation between Alicia White who is the Social Work Program Director - Criminal Practice at Brooklyn Defenders Services, and Shelia Miller the Supervising Paralegal at the National Immigration Law Center

    007 - Kim and Kevin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 25:27


    Today's episode is the first in our new mini-series about the Shriver Center's own Racial Justice Institute. Formerly the Racial Justice Training Institute, Over the past five years, the Racial Justice Training Institute has equipped more than 200 Fellows from around the country to practice community-led advocacy in pursuit of racial justice. During the first-ever Racial Justice Institute National Convening, we got to talk with some of the lawyers and advocates who came together from across the country. We learned about their lives, their careers and their hopes for the future of the Racial Justice Institute. In our first episode, we are sharing the conversation between Racial Justice Network Director Kimberly Merchant and Legal Impact Network Staff Attorney Kevin Herrera as they talk about their unique RJI journeys.

    Bonus: TALS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 16:37


    In this bonus episode, we will hear some extra stories that didn't make it into our previous episodes but wanted to share.

    006 - The Future of the Legal Services Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 35:44


    006 - The Future of the Legal Services Movement by Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

    005 - Tennessee Supreme Court Justices

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 22:16


    005 - Tennessee Supreme Court Justices by Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

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