The Dallas Institute Festival of Ideas: Roundtable Discussion on Race, Class & the Law

Description

In each of four separate Arts District venues – different from the Focus Forum venues – approximately 25 participants will gather with each Festival team to continue the discussions of Focus Forums. These are true seminar sessions with the expert panelists and the participants jointly drilling down further to mine new ideas that have been struck during the day.

“Race, Class, and the Law”: Maya Wiley, with Kim Askew and Marcos Ronquillo, moderated by Randy Gordon

Maya Wiley is Founder and Director of the Center for Social Inclusion, a national policy advocacy intermediary organization which works to dismantle structural racism. A civil rights attorney and policy advocate, she has litigated, lobbied the US Congress, and developed programs to transform structural racism in the US and South Africa.

Kim Askew is a Partner with K&L Gates law firm. She is Immediate Past Chair of the Section of Litigation of the ABA, the first lawyer of color to have held the chair in this national position.

Marcos Ronquillo is Managing Partner with Godwin Ronquillo law firm. He is former President of the Dallas Mexican ABA and former Chairman of the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Randy Gordon is a Partner with Gardere law firm. A Fellow of the Dallas Institute and former Board member, he holds the LL.M. degree from Columbia and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.

Information from the venue.

Some nearby drink specials on Nov. 8th

• Adair's Saloon: 4 pm - 8 pm: $6 pitchers, $1.75 singles, $2.25 cans
• T.G.I. Friday's (Dallas): 4 pm - 7 pm: $4 Long Island Iced Tea & signature margaritas, $3 premium pint features, $2 domestic pint features, $1 premiums / 11 am - 12 am: $2 Red Stripes
• Dragonfly: 11 am - 2:30 pm: $15 bottomless mimosas
• Greenz (Dallas / Uptown): 5 pm - 7 pm: $2 beer, $2 wine / $3 appetizers
• Truluck's (Dallas): 4:30 pm - 7 pm: half-price cocktails and 25% off all bottles of wine / 4:30 pm - 7 pm: half-price food from the lounge menu

Some nearby restaurants

• Avanti Ristorante (Dallas / McKinney Ave)
• Sushi Ya
• Newport's
• Anton Cafe Greek Cuisine
• The Boardroom

Some nearby events on Nov. 8th

• Reception - Paint the Walls, El Centro College Art Gallery, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Bow Wow (CANCELED), House of Blues, 7:30 p.m.
• 'Deathtrap', J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (Dallas Public Library), 2 p.m.
• The Dallas Institute Festival of Ideas: Focus Forum on the Environment, Dallas Arts District, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• The Light in the Piazza, Theatre Three, 2:30 p.m.

Event posted Oct. 7, 2008
Last updated Oct. 7, 2008

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