The annual NLG Law for the People Convention is coming up in October. The Seattle Chapter welcomes Guilders back to the sites of the 1999 WTO protests -- and now, as then, it's important for people of color to be there in numbers that truly represent our collective role in social movements. For that reason, the NLG and TUPOCC are happy to begin the application process for the 2009 POC Travel Stipend for the Seattle convention.
You can find the online application at http://bit.ly/travelstipend09 -- please share the link with anyone who might be interested. Every year we meet folks who had no idea there was a stipend available to help them attend the convention. Let's get the word out!
The stipend covers transportation costs only and is open to legal workers of color, law students of color and recent law grads of color. Is that unfair to white people who need funding, too? The NLG has recognized that it is problematic that, historically, so few people of color participate in the convention. The stipend is one way of changing that problem and plays a significant role in the NLG's commitment to ending institutionalized racism in this organization.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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