Penn Law School to Host Visual Legal Advocacy Roundtable
WHEN:
Oct. 23, 2009 9:30-10 a.m. “Visual Legal Advocacy at Penn Law: The Year in Review” Regina Austin, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• 10:15-11:45 a.m. “Witnesses to Hunger: The Anatomy of a Successful Social Justice Media Campaign” Mariana Chilton, Drexel University School of Public Health
• 11:45-1:00 p.m. “Cameras, Cameras, Everywhere: Making Sense of Surveillance and Vérité Footage From the Streets” Ron Kanter, “New Cops” Eileen Clancy, I-Witness Video John MacDonald, Penn Department of Criminology
• 2:45- 4:15 p.m. “Social Justice and Public Access Television in Philadelphia: Lessons From Elsewhere” Gretjen Clausing, Philadelphia Community Access Media Betty Yu, Manhattan Neighborhood Network Richard Turner, Rockville-Montgomery (Md.) Community Television
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Law School 3400 Chestnut St., Gittis Hall, Room 2
Private and public-interest lawyers, community-based documentary filmmakers and scholars will discuss issues involved in visual legal advocacy, its efficacy and the possibilities for extending visual advocacy to social justice law practice.
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