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A panel of activists and scholars discuss how neighborhood zoning policies, uneven environmental protection rules and “proactive” police enforcement can negatively affect health outcomes in minority communities. The panel featured Vernice Miller-Travis, executive vice president of Metropolitan Group; Marianne Engelman-Lado, a lecturer at Yale and a visiting professor at Vermont Law School; and Jeffrey A. Fagan, a Columbia Law School professor. David Toscano ’86, a former delegate and minority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, served as moderator. This panel was part of the symposium “Healing Hate: A Public Health Perspective on Civil Rights in America,” hosted by the University of Virginia Schools of Law, Medicine and Nursing. (University of Virginia School of Law, Jan. 30, 2020)
Guests:Marianne Engelman Lado, Visiting Professor, Douglas Costle Chair in Environmental Law and Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law SchoolPhyllis Gosa, sixth-generation resident of the Ashurst Bar/Smith CommunityRonald Smith, Pastor and resident of the Ashurst Bar/Smith CommunityAshley Harper JD'21, Vermont Law SchoolEnvironmental Justice Law Society at Vermont Law School - Arielle King JD/MELP’21, Jameson Davis JD'20/MELP'19, Mariana Muñoz JD'21, Jerry Thomas JD'21Hosts:Jeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy ClinicMason Overstreet, Staff Attorney, Environmental Advocacy ClinicRecommended Resources:EPA Slams Door to Justice on Historic Black Community, Earth JusticeEPA Quietly Closes Complaint at Heart of Civil Rights Suit, GreenwireThe Jemez Principles for Democratic OrganizingUS Commission on Civil Rights, "Environmental Justice" (2016)Marianne Engelman Lado, No More Excuses: Building a New Vision of Civil Rights Enforcement in the Context of Environmental Justice, 22 U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 281 (2019).Costle Lecture at Vermont Law School by Douglas Costle Visiting Professor of Law, Marianne Engelman Lado, No More Excuses: Building a New Vision of Civil Rights Enforcement in the Context of Environmental Justice, November 2019.
Marc Mauer delivers the 2015 Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture. This lecture examines how and why the climate for criminal justice reform has changed over the past decade. Is the new political environment being driven by fiscal interests, changes in drug war politics, concerns over racial/ethnic disparities, or compassion for those who are incarcerated? Mauer assesses how far the reform movement has come and what changes in policy and practice are necessary if we seek to end mass incarceration in the United States. Opening remarks are provided by Prof. David Birdsell, Marianne Engelman Lado, and Prof. Byron Price.
Baruch College's School of Public Affairs welcomes Sheryll Cashin, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, as the guest speaker of the 2015 Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture. The lecture series invites leading intellectuals and public figures to address major questions of equality and social justice. Sheryll Cashin delivers the lecture “Place not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America”; the opening remarks for this program are provided by Ryan Alan Smith and Marianne Engelman Lado.
Earthjustice is working to ensure that chemical dispersants used during oil spills, which have been linked to deformities in marine life, are safe. Earthjustice attorney Marianne Engelman Lado comments.
Baruch College's School of Public Affairs welcomes Edna Chun, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, as the guest speaker of the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series. The lecture series invites leading intellectuals and public figures to address major questions of equality and social justice. Dr. Chun, an educational leader and award-winning author with two decades of experience in strategic human resource and diversity leadership in public higher education, will lead the discussion titled Building Inclusive University Leadership: Perspectives on Diverse Administrators in Peril. The opening remarks for this program are provided by David S. Birdsell, Marianne Engelman Lado, and Ryan Alan Smith
A new study reveals that chemicals used to disperse oil may do more harm than good. Earthjustice attorney Marianne Engelman Lado comments.
Baruch College School of Public Affairs presents the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice in America: "The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law." During this special Fall Ackerman Lecture, the speaker and expert panelists examine the significance of the Rule of Law to contemporary legal issues facing the judiciary as it administers the Rule of Law. Moderated by Sonia R. Jarvis, Ackerman Chair and Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, the event takes place on November 15, 2005, at the Baruch College Conference Center, 14th floor. [Part I -- 56 min.] The event begins with an introduction by David Birdsell, Dean of School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kathleen Waldron, President of Baruch College, delivers the welcoming remarks. The keynote address is given by Marianne Engelman Lado, Esq., General Counsel, New York Lawyers for Public Interest. [Part II -- 63 min.] Panel experts offer both practical and philosophical observations about the selection process for judges and their views on whether the current partisan battles have affected the impartial administration of justice. Panelists include Ken I. Kersch, Ph.D, JD, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University; George W. Jones, Jr., Esq., Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP; and Jamin B. Raskin, Esq., Professor of Constitutional Law, Washington College of Law, American University.
Baruch College School of Public Affairs presents the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice in America: "The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law." During this special Fall Ackerman Lecture, the speaker and expert panelists examine the significance of the Rule of Law to contemporary legal issues facing the judiciary as it administers the Rule of Law. Moderated by Sonia R. Jarvis, Ackerman Chair and Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, the event takes place on November 15, 2005, at the Baruch College Conference Center, 14th floor. [Part I -- 56 min.] The event begins with an introduction by David Birdsell, Dean of School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kathleen Waldron, President of Baruch College, delivers the welcoming remarks. The keynote address is given by Marianne Engelman Lado, Esq., General Counsel, New York Lawyers for Public Interest. [Part II -- 63 min.] Panel experts offer both practical and philosophical observations about the selection process for judges and their views on whether the current partisan battles have affected the impartial administration of justice. Panelists include Ken I. Kersch, Ph.D, JD, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University; George W. Jones, Jr., Esq., Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP; and Jamin B. Raskin, Esq., Professor of Constitutional Law, Washington College of Law, American University.
Earthjustice attorney Marianne Engelman Lado discusses confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, and their effects on people's health and the environment.
A coalition of groups sues the U.S. EPA for failing to determine the safety of chemicals used during oil spill cleanups. Earthjustice attorney Marianne Engelman Lado comments.
Earthjustice, on behalf of Friends of the Earth, sue the U.S. EPA to get the lead out of aviation gas. Earthjustice attorney Marianne Engelman Lado comments.