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SUMMARY:Commitment to Justice Awards
DESCRIPTION:Join Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers on Thursday\, June 8\, 2023\, we will gather at the Ivy Room (12 East Ohio Street\, Chicago) for our annual Commitment to Justice Awards to honor community and pro bono partners who have shown extraordinary commitments to racial and economic justice: \n\n\n\nCommitment to Justice Award: Illinois State Senator Robert Peters\nPartner in Justice Award: Matt McLoughlin\, organizer with the Coalition to End Money Bond & Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice\nPro Bono Dedication Awards: DLA Piper\, Kirkland & Ellis\, and Lotis Blue Consulting\n\n\n\nChicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts Board Member and author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court (2017) and The Waiting Room (2018)\, Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve\, will give the keynote address at the event. \nInformation about the event is included below: \n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday\, June 8\, 2023 at 6:00 PM\nWhere: Ivy Room Chicago (12 East Ohio Street\, Chicago\, IL 60611)\nRegister: Click here or go to ChicagoAppleseed.org/Register to purchase individual tickets. Individual ticket prices range from $25 to $200 per person on a sliding scale.\n\n\n\nWant to support us this June as an event sponsor? Click here or go to ChicagoAppleseed.org/Sponsor to support.
URL:https://www.chicagoappleseed.org/event/june-2023/
CATEGORIES:Annual Fundraiser,Pro Bono Spotlight
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SUMMARY:Annual Luncheon: Cheers to 25 Years!
DESCRIPTION:Cheers to 25 years!\nOn Tuesday\, October 25\, join the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts & Chicago Council of Lawyers for our annual meeting. This year\, we are especially excited to celebrate Chicago Appleseed’s 25th anniversary. \nThe luncheon reception will include a panel discussion\, moderated by Laura Washington (Contributing Columnist for the Chicago Tribune & Political Analyst for ABC-7 Chicago) – who we will present with the Lifetime Achievement Award – and featuring Dr. Matt Epperson (Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work\, Policy\, and Practice & Director of the Smart Decarceration Project)\, Dr. Julian Thompson (Assistant Professor of Criminology\, Law\, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago)\, and Garien Gatewood (Chicago Appleseed Board Member & Director of the Illinois Justice Project).  \nThe Collaboration will present Chicago Appleseed Board Member Dr. Mary Pattillo\, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology & Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University\, with our Commitment to Justice Award. \n\n\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, October 25\, 2022 @ 11:30 AM\nWhere: River Roast\, 315 N LaSalle St\, Chicago\, IL 60654\nRegister: Click here or go to ChicagoAppleseed.org/Register to purchase individual tickets.\nSponsor: Click here or go to ChicagoAppleseed.org/Sponsor to become a sponsor.\n\n\n\nClick here for the event flyer.
URL:https://www.chicagoappleseed.org/event/october-annual-luncheon/
LOCATION:River Roast\, 315 N LaSalle Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Fundraiser
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SUMMARY:KEYNOTES | Attorney General Kwame Raoul & Chief Justice Anne Burke: Eliminating Disparities in Illinois Courts
DESCRIPTION:Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers work together in a Collaboration for Justice to promote fair\, accessible\, and anti-racist courts. Every year\, we gather for an annual meeting in October. This year\, join our staff and allies for a two-part series focused on how we’re collaboratively identifying and fighting hidden injustices people face as they navigate the legal system. Click here for the event flyer.\nOn October 5\, our Senior Policy Analyst & Staff Attorney\, Sarah Staudt\, will be joined by Illinois State Senator Robert Peters and Garien Gatewood of the Illinois Justice Project to discuss the Pretrial Fairness Act\, how it came about\, what challenges we face for implementation\, and why abolishing money bail is essential to racial\, gender\, and economic justice. For Illinois lawyers who pre-register for the October 5 panel\, 1.25 hours of CLE credit is available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR OCTOBER 5.\nThen\, on October 19\, we will feature two keynote speakers: first\, Illinois Attorney General\, Kwame Raoul will discuss what the judicial\, legislative\, and executive responsibilities are in eliminating disparities and improving the Illinois Courts; then\, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court\, Honorable Anne Burke\, will discuss judicial redistricting in Illinois\, the Illinois Supreme Court’s new centralized approach to pretrial programs\, and what the judiciary can do to help ensure accessible justice for all. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR OCTOBER 19.\n\nAttorney General Kwame Raoul was sworn in as the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois in January 2019. Born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants\, AG Raoul brings a lifetime of legal and policy experience\, advocacy\, and public service to the Office of the Attorney General. As the state’s chief legal and law enforcement officer\, Attorney General Raoul has worked to reduce the long-lasting effects of violence and provide support to survivors of violent crime and their families by improving Illinois’ Crime Victims Compensation Program to ensure that the process is trauma-informed and reaches all communities across the state that are affected by violence. He also increased the funding for grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program\, which provides financial support to government and nonprofit social service agencies throughout Illinois that offer services to victims and witnesses of violent crime. In addition to these community safety efforts\, Attorney General Raoul has focused on enhancing collaboration between the Attorney General’s Office and federal and local law enforcement agencies; has taken a leadership role in addressing the unique\, multijurisdictional issues that have arisen through the COVID-19 pandemic; has utilized a multi-disciplinary\, collaborative approach to protect children from online threats; and much more. AG Raoul has engaged in multistate efforts to defend access to quality health care for all\, to defend consumer protections\, to protect our natural resources from rollbacks of environmental protections\, to fight for immigration policies that do not separate children from their families; and has been a leader in defending and protecting the rights of working people in Illinois. Before he was elected as Attorney General in November 2018\, Attorney General Raoul spent 14 years serving as a state senator representing the 13th legislative district. As a senator\, Raoul led negotiations and sponsored many significant measures that became law\, including those to abolish the death penalty\, to require mandatory background checks on private transfers of guns\, as well as law enforcement and criminal justice reform\, workers’ compensation reform\, and some of the strongest voting rights protections in the nation.\nChief Justice Anne M. Burke is a member of the Illinois Supreme Court representing the First Judicial District. She was appointed to the Supreme Court on July 6\, 2006\, was elected in 2008\, and was retained in November 2018. In September 2019\, she was elected by her colleagues to serve as Chief Justice and on October 26\, 2019 her three-year term as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court commenced. Her judicial career began in 1987 with an appointment to the Illinois Court of Claims by Governor Jim Thompson and a later reappointment by Governor Jim Edgar. Prior to joining the Supreme Court\, Justice Burke served on the Appellate bench until July 5\, 2006. Before serving on the Illinois Appellate Court\, Justice Burke was Special Counsel for Child Welfare Services under Governor Jim Edgar and was a member of his Legislative Committee on Juvenile Justice. She provided in-depth leadership in reshaping and improving the Illinois juvenile justice system. Prior to her judicial career\, Justice Burke was a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park District where she worked with children with learning differences. Having recognized the positive impact that sports had on her students\, she championed the idea of a city-wide competition\, which ultimately led to the creation of the Chicago Special Olympics in 1968 — growing later to become the International Special Olympics\, reaching tens of millions of people in 192 nations across the globe. She later served as a Director of the International Special Olympics and remains involved with the Chicago Special Olympics to this day. Between 2002-2004\, Justice Burke served as Interim Chair\, directing the efforts of the National Review Board of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in its investigation of the causes and effects of the clerical sexual abuse scandal and helped to establish guidelines and policies for effectively responding to this scandal. She currently serves on the Executive Steering Committee of Kennedy Forum Illinois.\n\n  \n\nCLICK HERE TO SPONSOR OUR OCTOBER EVENTS.
URL:https://www.chicagoappleseed.org/event/2021-october-19/
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SUMMARY:PANEL | Beyond the End of Bail: Where are we and what’s next for pretrial fairness?
DESCRIPTION:Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers work together in a Collaboration for Justice to promote fair\, accessible\, and anti-racist courts. Every year\, we gather for an annual meeting in October. This year\, join our staff and allies for a two-part series focused on how we’re collaboratively identifying and fighting hidden injustices people face as they navigate the legal system. Click here for the event flyer.\nOn October 5\, our Senior Policy Analyst & Staff Attorney\, Sarah Staudt\, will be joined by Illinois State Senator Robert Peters and Garien Gatewood of the Illinois Justice Project to discuss the Pretrial Fairness Act\, how it came about\, what challenges we face for implementation\, and why abolishing money bail is essential to racial\, gender\, and economic justice. For Illinois lawyers who pre-register for the event\, 1.25 hours of CLE credit is available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR OCTOBER 5.\n\nSarah Staudt has been the Senior Policy Analyst & Staff Attorney for Criminal Justice matters at Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts since 2018. Sarah graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2013. Before coming to work with Chicago Appleseed\, Sarah was an Equal Justice Works Fellow and criminal defense attorney with the Lawndale Christian Legal Center (LCLC) where she represented juveniles and young adults in the Cook County Criminal Courts. During her time at Chicago Appleseed\, Sarah has focused on pretrial court reform issues through our work as a member of the Coalition to End Money Bond and was instrumental in the drafting and advocating for the groundbreaking Pretrial Fairness Act\, which passed in 2021. The Pretrial Fairness Act makes Illinois the first state to fully end money bail and restructure the pretrial justice system. Sarah also leads Chicago Appleseed’s other criminal legal reform work\, such as projects focused on electronic detention\, abolishing overly punitive sentencing systems\, and promoting court system efficiency\, fairness\, and accountability.\nGarien Gatewood joined the Illinois Justice Project in April 2019 and became the Director in 2021. As part of the Illinois Justice Project\, he has been involved in the work of the Coalition to End Money Bond. Previously\, he was the Director of Policy Advocacy at the Juvenile Justice Initiative\, where his work focused on legislation on both local and state levels with a focus on the rights of children\, detention reform\, eliminating youth homelessness\, juvenile expungement\, and reentry. Prior to JJI\, Gatewood earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi and worked for the Children’s Law Center focused on reentry services for youth throughout Ohio and Northern Kentucky. During his time in law school\, he clerked with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Mississippi Innocence Project. Currently\, Garien Gatewood sits on Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Advisory Board\, the National Juvenile Justice Network’s Membership Advisory Council\, the Board of Directors for Restore Justice Illinois\, and the Board of Directors for Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts.\nState Senator Robert Peters is a proud South Sider and an even prouder Chicagoan. His passion for public service was cultivated by numerous events throughout his life that left a profound impact on him and the people he cares about. He was born deaf and with a massive speech impediment to a biological mother addicted to drugs and alcohol. His struggles with health and environment in early childhood led to difficulties\, but Senator Peters credits his public school teachers and administrators for checking on and guiding him\, and gained full hearing ability by the time he was 8 and full speech capability by the time he was 12. Senator Peters’ adopted mother and father were a social worker and a civil rights lawyer\, respectively\, which helped inspire his mission to fight for criminal justice reform. After college\, he started as a community and political organizer back home in Chicago and successfully fought to require Cook County judges to set affordable bail amounts for all defendants\, leading to a substantial reduction in the Cook County Jail population since it took effect in July 2017. As a State Senator\, Peters has continued advocating for pretrial justice\, working hand-in-hand with the Coalition to End Money Bond and was a chief sponsor of the SAFE-T Act (IL Public Act 101-0652)\, which will end money bail in 2023 and includes a range of other criminal system and policing reforms. In the 102nd General Assembly\, Senator Peters will serve as the Chair of the Public Safety Committee and as a member of the Criminal Law\, Environment and Conservation\, Health\, Human Rights\, Labor\, and Revenue Committees.\n\nThen\, on October 19\, we will feature two keynote speakers: first\, Illinois Attorney General\, Kwame Raoul will discuss what the judicial\, legislative\, and executive responsibilities are in eliminating disparities and improving the Illinois Courts; then\, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court\, Honorable Anne Burke\, will discuss judicial redistricting in Illinois\, the Illinois Supreme Court’s new centralized approach to pretrial programs\, and what the judiciary can do to help ensure accessible justice for all. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR OCTOBER 19.\n  \nCLICK HERE TO SPONSOR OUR OCTOBER EVENTS.
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