Kristen Clarke

President & Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

When: Tuesday, July 21, noon
How to Register: MyWDC

You must register at least 30 minutes prior to the event start time to receive the link. This is a free event for the entire WDC family & general public. On the day of the event you will receive the Zoom link to join the Zoominar. This event will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel.

Back by popular demand! Kristen Clarke, President & Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, leads one of the country’s most important national civil rights organizations in the pursuit of equal justice for all.  In addition to promoting fair housing and community development, economic justice, equal educational opportunity, criminal justice, and judicial diversity, Ms. Clarke and the Lawyers’ Committee are fierce watchdogs against voter suppression -- an ongoing threat hovering over the 2020 election. That work is especially timely now, when the foundations of our democracy are under assault from powers at home and around the world.

Ms. Clarke has called our current situation “a perfect storm” of pandemic, massive unemployment, and racial injustice. With people in the streets calling for “No Justice, No Peace,” Ms. Clarke and the Lawyers’ Committee are warriors for justice, laying the groundwork for peace by combatting discrimination and fighting for civil rights enforcement on all fronts. “We know the answers to these problems,” she says. “We just need the political will to solve them."