Well!
I just got back from the Detroit Convention. Five days of constant contact with Guilder folks and especially with TUPOCCers. It is energizing to come out of our meetings together, our conversations in the hallways and taxi rides.
At the TUPOCC Organizing Meeting, this past Friday, we transitioned into what I feel is a new era for TUPOCC. We ratified leadership and committee structures. We discussed our thoughts on the history and future of our caucus. And we elected our incoming co-chair Tory Gavito.
I just added 31 new names to our membership. A strong fistful of these new TUPOCCrs were so inspired by this Convention, they helped raise nearly $5,000 for the NLG in TUPOCC's name.
WE are stronger than ever. We are organized and organizing. We keep stepping up collectively and individually to subvert institutionalized racism and foster a community of radical legal activists of color. If there's one thing I'm most excited about it's the fact that we had folks of color from the generation before us, who came to our meetings and felt inspired by the NLG in a way they hadn't felt in a really long time. When we have law students, legal workers, and attorneys coming together, strategizing and knowledge-sharing across the lines of race and age, it is impossible for TUPOCC to stall. We are moving toward something the Guild has never seen.
In the coming days I'll post more about our work (and play) in Detroit. For now, it's time to get some rest, finally.
Onward!
I just got back from the Detroit Convention. Five days of constant contact with Guilder folks and especially with TUPOCCers. It is energizing to come out of our meetings together, our conversations in the hallways and taxi rides.
At the TUPOCC Organizing Meeting, this past Friday, we transitioned into what I feel is a new era for TUPOCC. We ratified leadership and committee structures. We discussed our thoughts on the history and future of our caucus. And we elected our incoming co-chair Tory Gavito.
I just added 31 new names to our membership. A strong fistful of these new TUPOCCrs were so inspired by this Convention, they helped raise nearly $5,000 for the NLG in TUPOCC's name.
WE are stronger than ever. We are organized and organizing. We keep stepping up collectively and individually to subvert institutionalized racism and foster a community of radical legal activists of color. If there's one thing I'm most excited about it's the fact that we had folks of color from the generation before us, who came to our meetings and felt inspired by the NLG in a way they hadn't felt in a really long time. When we have law students, legal workers, and attorneys coming together, strategizing and knowledge-sharing across the lines of race and age, it is impossible for TUPOCC to stall. We are moving toward something the Guild has never seen.
In the coming days I'll post more about our work (and play) in Detroit. For now, it's time to get some rest, finally.
Onward!
1 comment:
Tan powerful! Muchisimas gracias por reporting on TUPOCC's powerful presence en Detroit!
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