Voting Rights Act Panel

Kareem Crayton, University of North Carolina School of Law
Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State
Tomas Lopez, Brennan Center, Democracy Program

Room A, Hirsch Hall

10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Law Enforcement, Community, and Military Tactics: What’s the Conflict?

Stacey Cotton, Covington (Ga.) Police Department
Peter Kraska, University of Kentucky School of Justice Studies
James A. Pikl, Scheef & Stone

Room A, Hirsch Hall

11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Poverty in Suburbia: Are the Poor Out of Reach?

Ellen Dunham-Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology, Architecture Program
Dolly Jenkins-Mullen, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Department of Political Science
Dwight Mullen, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Department of Political Science
Benjamin Roth, University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

Room B, Hirsch Hall

11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Lunch Address

Sally Greenberg, National Consumer's League

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Delivering Public Assistance: What Does It Mean to Follow the Law?

Patrick Cates, Georgia Legal Services Program
Keith Horton, Georgia Department of Human Services
Frances Fox Piven, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Room B, Hirsch Hall

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Privatization of Prisons: Costs and Consequences

Alex Friedmann, Human Rights Defense Center
Kathryn Hamoudah, Southern Center for Human Rights
Alec Karakatsanis, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

Room A, Hirsch Hall

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Keynote Address

Abbe Smith, University of Georgetown School of Law

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM