WIPI

WIPI seeks to bring together eminent practitioners in their respective fields, students, and faculty to promote social justice and human rights for all.

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@francysjohnson: "truth-telling" is critical to addressing the racial and environmental justice issues often seen together in GA. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson: Religion should be "a pathway for promoting" and discussing "the public good." #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson: People of faith need to "take back our language" from those who use it to marginalize and oppress. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson: Help low-income people register, vote, and engage with the political process. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson on protecting voting rights: Attend local board of election meetings. Watch for changes that reduce ballot access. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson: small, rural law practices can partner with national organizations to get support for pro bono work. #WIPI17 #careeradvice

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@francysjohnson: Making change "slow" and "costly," but we can "become repairers of the breach." #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson: "This is a moment for us to remind ourselves who we are" as lawyers, citizens, & citizens of the world #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson on movement building: "No permanent friends nor permanent enemies. Permanent issues." #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson describes learning the power of lawyers when they helped his grandmother move him from special ed to gifted class. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson recounts old GA practice of tracking Black boys w/ or w/o disabilities into low-quality special ed. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson describing early childhood experiences in low-quality special ed. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson: Despite scarcity myth, there is enough justice, education, wealth to go around. Dignified lives possible for all. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson is describing the history of Black women organizing for better working conditions in 1880s Atlanta. #WIPI17

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@francysjohnson's keynote address is starting now. #WIPI17

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@leslielipson: children suffer from assumptions that special ed should happen in "special places," & segregation is better. #WIPI17

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@ctalleywells: nursing homes limit mobility, autonomy. #WIPI17

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@ctalleywells: 3% of people who stay at least 90 days in a nursing home get out. The rest die there. #WIPI17

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Ms. Jamieson: Instead of giving in to "aura of inevitability" around things as they are, imagine possibilities for change. #WIPI17