Black Lives Matter (In Disasters, Too) – The Intersection of Race and Policy in Disasters

While disasters do not discriminate, recovery does. Studies show that communities of color struggle to recover long after the natural disaster is over. This webinar provides a historical context of how segregation and discrimination as well as policies such as redlining isolated communities of color and put them in areas more susceptible to natural disasters, and explores ways in which attendees can advocate for change in their communities through grassroots advocacy. The webinar also examines how restriction of movement during a public health emergency impacts communities of color, balancing privacy rights and the need for collecting and sharing data during COVID-19, and how protests of shelter in place executive orders and protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement resulted in disparate treatment among minorities.

Cosponsored by the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and the Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice.

Speakers:

Patricia Lee Refo, ABA President, 2020-2021 (Opening Remarks)

Curtis Brown , Co-Founder, Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management (I-DIEM)

Abre' Conner , Staff Attorney, ACLU Foundation of Northern California

Junia Howell , Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh

Monica Sanders , Associate Professor Sociology and Criminal Justice, Univ. of Delaware

Paulette Brown , Senior Partner & Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Locke Lord; Past President, American Bar Association (Moderator)