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
• Morton's, The Steakhouse: 5 pm - 6 pm: Power Hour - $5 select wines by glass, $4 select beers, special cocktail of the day
• Greenz (Dallas / Uptown): 5 pm - 7 pm: $2 beer, $2 wine / $3 appetizers
• State & Allen Lounge: 11 am - 8 pm: $1 off all drinks
• 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

Some nearby restaurants

• The Capital Grille
• Los Arcos
• Bolla
• Nairobi Grill
• La Madeleine (Dallas / Downtown)

Some nearby events on Nov. 8th

• Target Second Saturdays, Latino Cultural Center, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Mike Zito, Pearl at Commerce, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Brahms Symphony No. 4, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 8 p.m.
• Bow Wow (CANCELED), House of Blues, 7:30 p.m.
• Boney Mean / Black Water Fever, The Door (Dallas), 8:30 p.m.

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

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