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The pandemic is, literally, pushing people apart. Physical distancing makes traditional forms of organizing & activism-rallies, protests, etc.-impossible. The pandemic exacerbates preexisting inequities, disproportionately affecting communities & people already marginalized. How are organizations & social movements shifting tactics to continue to build the power of marginalized communities in this new era? What are the greatest challenges? How can rights organizations and academic institutions best provide solidarity that centers the leadership & calls to action from those most affected? Join us for a talk with experts Antonio Gutierrez (Organized Communities Against Deportations), Michelle Morse (Equal Health), Tawana Petty (Detroit Community Technology Project), and Shawn Sebastian (People's Action); moderated by Sukti Dhital (NYU). To view the program, visit tinyurl.com/COVID19JusticeSeries for instructions on accessing the event through Zoom. Sponsored by Duke Law International Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, and Just Security. For more information, contact Balfour Smith at bsmith@law.duke.

This program is part of the ongoing "COVID-19: Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic" series. Sponsored by the Duke Law International Human Rights Clinic, the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Columbia Law School Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, and Just Security. Co-sponsored by Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law; Center for International Human Rights Law and Advocacy, University of Wyoming College of Law; Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern’s Bluhm Legal Clinic; Cornell International Human Rights Clinic: Litigation and Advocacy; Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic; Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute; Human Rights Center, University of Dayton; Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota Law School; Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School; Human Rights Watch; Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University; International Commission of Jurists; International Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School; International Human Rights Law Clinic, UC Berkeley; Open Society Justice Initiative; Opinio Juris; Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern Law School; Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah.