The United People of Color Caucus
(TUPOCC) of the
National
Lawyer's Guild (NLG) is an alliance of law students, legal
workers, attorneys and other people of color within the NLG
community.
The necessity of such an organization is borne from the
historical context of the capitalist United States where
economic prowess is dependent on the furthered and continued
subjugation of
people of color, women, the poor, queers and other oppressed
people. We are dedicated to fostering and supporting the
growth
and empowerment of all people of color, particularly within
the
organization of the NLG.
Membership is open to all members of the NLG community who
self-identify as people of color. There will be no
arbitrary exclusion from membership on the basis of sexuality,
religion, gender, gender presentation or identity, sexual
orientation, disability or age.
This Listserv group is for
those who self-identify as people of color, whether
you are a law student, legal worker, recent grad or attorney within the
Guild.
Join the National Lawyers Guild
to become a member of TUPOCC then sign up for the Listerv.
November 2 , 2007 - Friday 7:30 pm - Criminal Injustice: The Case of the Jena 6;
Feature Documentary Premiere from Big Noise, Order a copy of video clips on Democracy Now
Presentation by King Downing, National Coordinator, ACLU Campaign Against Racial Profiling
Georgetown University Law Center, McDonough 206, 600 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC
For more information contact Kerry McLean - kerrymclean@gmail.com http://www.nlg.org/membership/nlgbylaws.pdf Click for FLYER
September 20 - Justice in Jena
Law
for the People Convention 2007 in Washington, DC , Oct. 31- Nov. 4
2007
HONOREES: Women Presidents of the Guild
Keynote
Speaker: John Conyers Major Panels include: The
War On Drugs, the War on Gangs, the War on Communities of Color
; A Tale of Two Cities: the Intersection of Race and Class
Oppression in the District of Columbia
Press
Releases
September 20 Rally in Jena Endorsed by The United People of Color Caucus of the National Lawyers Guild, Sept. 13, 2007
TUPOCC of the NLG endorses the planned rally in Jena, Louisiana on
September 20 in support of the six black high school students who have
come to be known as the "Jena 6." The rally takes place on the
sentencing date of Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6. "It is still the Jim
Crow era in Jena," said Kerry McLean, TUPOCC member, and member of the
NLG national executive board. "The constitutional rights and human
rights of these boys have been flagrantly violated. TUPOCC stands in
solidarity with the Jena 6, and demands justice."... more
Letter to Texas Governor Richard Perry, Re: Clemency for Kenneth Foster, Aug. 29, 2007
Dear Governor Perry, The National Lawyers Guild is writing to urge you
to grant clemency to Kenneth Foster, a man scheduled to be executed by
your state tomorrow, August 30. We also ask that you impose an
indefinite state of execution at least until a fully comprehensive
examination of the cuase of stark racial and geographic disparities in
the administration of the death penalty is review and published. ... more
ABA Withdraws Proposed Interpretation 301-6, Aug. 16, 2007
TUPOCC applauds the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Legal
Education & Admissions to the Bar, which last week recommended the
withdrawal of Proposed Interpretation 301-6 for further study until
February 2008. "This action affirms the ABA's commitment to holding an
open process and sincerely listining to public comments about how the
proposed rule would have negatively impacted racial diversity inlegal
education," said outgoing NLG Student Vice President, Teague Briscoe.
...more
Links Challenging
White
Supremacy: Organizers of anti-racist training
workshops in the SF Bay area multi-racial communities since 1993. Critical
Resistance: Join the Struggle to End the Prison
Industrial Complex. Amnesty
for Survivors of Katrina Petition Certain
Days -
Freedom for Political
Prisoners Calendar A fundraising and educational
project of outside organisers in Montreal and NYC, and 3 Political
Prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons in New York state. INCITE!
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Women of Color Against Violence. A national activist
organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end
violence against women of color and their communities through direct
action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing. NLG
Detroit-Michigan Chapter on TUPOCC
http://www.nlg.org/membership/nlgbylaws.pdf