Dallas Race Pre-Conference Panel Discussion: THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA

When:
November 13, 2014 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
2014-11-13T09:00:00-06:00
2014-11-13T11:00:00-06:00
Where:
The Hilton Anatole
2201 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Dallas Faces Race

Featuring special guest, Benjamin L. Zelenko, Senior Counsel Lewis Baach, who served as the former General Counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives. He advised the Committee during hearings, markups and House floor debate on the Landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other civil rights legislation. (Mr. Zelenko is pictured with President Lyndon Johnson).

Sharon Grigsby, Editorial and Special Projects Editor at The Dallas Morning News will moderate the panel.

Panelists include:
Rinku Sen, President and Executive Director of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation
Sol Villasana, Of Counsel at the law firm of White Wiggins serving as a civil trial lawyer and certified mediator
The Honorable Tonya Parker, elected in 2010 to serve as the Presiding Judge of the 116th Civil District Court in Dallas County, Texas.

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