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IMPACT THURSDAY
Amazon Postmortem: A Discussion on Grassroots Organizing, Law, and Policy
A panel discussion on the strategies and efforts of grassroots community groups that led to Amazon abandoning plans to locate in Long Island City. What legal leverage existed? What are the policy implications? How can lawyers support organizing?
Panelists:
Lena Afridi, Director of Economic Development Policy, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development
Shekar Krishnan, Esq., Director of Legal Advocacy, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
Tania Mattos, Co-Founder and Organizer, Queens Neighborhoods United
Sasha Wijeyeratne, Executive Director, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Moderator:
Arun Venugopal, Reporter, WNYC
Co-sponsored with the New York Law School Nonprofit and Small Business Clinic
CLE Credits: 1.5 in Areas of Professional Practice (NY Transitional and Non-transitional). Networking Reception to follow panel.
Event begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. with CLE sign in from 5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Networking Reception from 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
New York Law School, Auditorium
185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
$15 for general admission, $10 for NYLS alumni, free for Students, NYLS Staff, NYLS Faculty, and low-income individuals.
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