2025 Equal Justice Conference: Full Schedule

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10:00am EDT

Mountainqueer: Returning to Appalachia for Name Changes

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am EDT

This panel serves as a follow-up to Mountainqueer: Name Changes and More in Appalachia presented at EJC in 2024. Participants will learn how Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, University of Kentucky College of Law, and Legal Aid of West Virginia continue to collaborate and operate name change clinics in Appalachia.

Speakers

D'lorah Hughes

Molly Russell

Pro Bono Supervising Attorney, Legal Aid of West Virginia

Molly Russell (she/her) is a practicing attorney with the Morgantown Office at Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc. She is the Pro Bono Supervising Attorney, where she works with the private attorney involvement staff to recruit, retain, and educate pro bono attorneys statewide. Prior... Read More →

Ming Wong

Director of Community Justice and Access, National Center for Lesbian Rights

Ming Wong is NCLR's Director of Community Justice and Access where he manages several projects including the Legal Aid project, and the Rural Pride project. He has developed curriculum for legal aid organizations and pro bono providers on delivering culturally competent legal services... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am EDT
Golden Gate 7

Sessions

11:30am EDT

Networking Lunch: National Center for Medical legal partnerships

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT

Golden Gate 7

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Golden Gate 7

Networking Lunch

4:15pm EDT

Grassroots to Fruits: Seeding and Nurturing Change in Partnership with Impacted Individuals and Marginalized Communities

Thursday May 15, 2025 4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT

Golden Gate 7

Nonprofit attorneys and an impacted community member will discuss their experiences working in partnership to create, sustain, and support grassroots advocacy organizations and campaigns. This promising model benefits all parties by healing and empowering individuals, strengthening and supporting marginalized communities, and expanding organizational reach and impact.

Speakers

Nesta Johnson

Ari Vasquez

Family Unity Policy Analyst, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

Ari Vazquez is the Family Unity Policy Analyst at LSPC. They are motivated by their families’ experiences of the family policing system and the prison industrial complex. Before coming to LSPC, they were a fellow on the Gender Sexuality and Reproductive Justice team at ACLU of Northern... Read More →

Venita Veal

Thursday May 15, 2025 4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT
Golden Gate 7

Sessions