Homelessness Working Group Conference Call
2022-07-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-04 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-03 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-02-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Young Lawyers Meeting
2022-07-11 13:00 - 14:00

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Book Club Meeting
2022-07-13 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.
Join us July 13th from 3-4 pm ET to discuss Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s by Natalie Lira!
Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the “feebleminded,” justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced mutilation of some of the most vulnerable members of society from the 1920s through the 1950s. Institutional records document the convergence of ableism and racism in Pacific Colony. Analyzing a vast archive, Natalie Lira reveals how political concerns over Mexican immigration—particularly ideas about the low intelligence, deviant sexuality, and inherent criminality of the “Mexican race”—shaped decisions regarding the treatment and reproductive future of Mexican-origin patients.

Small/Rural Communities Meeting
2022-07-18 14:00 - 15:00

Climate Change Meeting
2022-07-27 15:00 - 16:00

Small/Rural Communities Working Group Call
2022-08-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-20 14:00 - 15:00

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Book Club Meeting
2022-08-17 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.
Join us August 17th from 3-4 pm ET to discuss Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott. It is BYOB—bring your own book, booze, or both.
Synopsis: In Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter “to protect those who I love.” When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself?

Counties Working Group Call
2022-09-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-01 15:00 - 16:00

Climate Change Working Group Call
2022-09-28 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-26 15:00 - 16:00

Police Alternatives Working Group Call
2023-01-09 14:00 - 15:00

Diversity Working Group Call
2023-01-11 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.
Welcome back to everyone for the 2023 year! This meeting will be an open discussion on what DEI topics you would like to see in webinars, zoom meetings, and book clubs for the 2023 year. We are open to suggestions that either directly impact your local government, current issues, and/or programs and solutions you would like to spotlight.

New Lawyers Working Group Call
2023-02-13 14:00 - 15:00

Police Alternatives Call
2023-02-21 14:00 - 15:00

Diversity / Equity / Inclusion Book Club Meeting
2023-02-23 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email dshahnami@imla.org.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones. This is a book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation’s founding and construction—and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life.

New Lawyers Call
2023-05-09 13:00 - 14:00
Claims under the Freedom of Information Act (FIOA) can be challenging to handle. This presentation will go over general FOIA issues and how to avoid them.
Presenter: Lynn Sprately, City of Newport News, Virginia
If you care to take part in this call, please email dshahnami@imla.org.
