About this Event
85 Park Place N.E., Atlanta, GA
On February 7, 2025, the center will host its State of the South Conference, the sixth in a series of annual conferences focusing on different access to justice issues in the Southeastern United States.
The conference this year will focus on restorative justice efforts in the South and interdisciplinary approaches to reparative remedies. We will discuss ways in which Southern communities are addressing historical harms and remediating those harms in a variety of contexts. Each panel will highlight the ways in which the broader legal community can support and promote meaningful restorative justice.
For more information, contact lawa2j@gsu.edu.
Agenda
February 6, 2025
3:30-5 p.m. - How to Have the Inequity Discussion
Tamara Serwer Caldas, At-Large Board Member, Law Firm Antiracism Alliance and Pro Bono Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Julian Hill, Assistant Professor of Law, Community Development & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, Georgia State College of Law
Rohit Malhotra, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Civic Innovation
5-7 p.m. - Reception
Friday, February 7
8:30-9 a.m. - Breakfast/Registration
9-9:15 a.m. - Opening
Interim Dean Courtney Anderson
9:15-10:30 a.m. State and Local Remedies
Moderator: Professor Tanya Washington, Georgia State University College of Law
Gregory Doctor, CEO, The Descendants of Rosewood, Inc.
Elon Osby, Buckhead Heritage and Fulton County Reparations Task Force
Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies, Morehouse College and Chair, Fulton County Reparations Task Force
10:30-10:45 a.m. - Networking Break
10:45-Noon - Property Reparations
Moderator: Emily Early
Jo Banner, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Descendants Project
Dr. Joy Banner, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Descendants Project
Jamie Rush, Senior Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
Randy Quarterman, Co-Founder, The Quarterman & Keller Foundation / The Reparations Project
Sarah Eisner, Co-Founder, The Quarterman & Keller Foundation / The Reparations Project
12:15-1:30 p.m. - Lunch and Keynote Speaker: The Monument Workshop
Melynda Price, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Zachary Bray, James and Mary Lassiter Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
1:30-1:45 p.m. - Networking Break
1:45-3 p.m. - Community Development and Wealth Generation
Mark Dorosin, Associate Professor of Law, Economic Justice Clinic, FAMU
Abiodun Henderson, Executive Director, The Come Up Project & Gangstas to Growers
Julian Hill, Assistant Professor of Law, Community Development & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, Georgia State College of Law
Dr. Malcolm Muhammad, VP of Data & Research, Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) and Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Georgia State University
3:15-3:30 p.m. - Networking Break
3:30-4:45 p.m. - Restorative Criminal Justice
Moderator: Professor Cortney Lollar, Faculty Director, Center for Access to Justice
Jacquel Clemons, Director, Interrupting Violence in Youth and Young Adults Project (IVYY) at Grady
Moki Macías, Executive Director, Atlanta Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD)
Aparna Polavarapu, Executive Director & Founder, South Carolina Restorative Justice Foundation and Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law
4:45-5 p.m. - Closing
Professor Cortney Lollar, Faculty Director, Center for Access to Justice
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