Legal Assimilation Panel Discussion – Columbus, OH (Sept. 20, 2012)

Does the legal profession expect some form of assimilation? Are there cultural markers or

The Soul Food Music Festival – Sept. 1 & 2 – Downtown Columbus (Scioto Park)

The Soul Food Music Festival is the official Labor Day weekend celebration in Downtown Columbus, Ohio! Bring your

The National Latina/o Law Student Association Annual Conference(Oct. 4 – Oct. 6)

The Sixteenth Annual National Latina/o Student Association Conference will be held in Los Angeles, California at the UCLA School of Law.

Sylvia Mendez will deliver the Opening Keynote

PACT Volunteer Challenge (Aug. 25, 2012)

Plant Community Pride on the Near East Side

Columbus Volunteer Challenge 2012

It’s the 200Columbus Volunteer Challenge!

Bingham McCutchen LLP Thurgood Marshall Fellowship

Bingham has announced the launch of the Thurgood Marshall Fellowship, honoring the first African-American Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and a man who had a profound effect on the civil rights movement of the 20th century.  Justice Marshall’s son, Thurgood Marshall, Jr., is a partner in the firm’s D.C. office.

The firm expects to award

U.S. Department of Labor Honors Program

The U.S. Department of Labor is now accepting applications for its Honors Program for Fall 2013. Applicants must graduate from law school in Spring or Summer 2013 or complete a judicial clerkship or legal fellowship in time to start the Honors Program in September 2013.

You can find the application information

White House Spring 2013 Internship Program

The Spring 2013 White House Internship Program application is now open. The application deadline is

The Role of Black Churches in Literacy Education and Practice: An Oral History Project

Department of African American and African Studies
Community Extension Center

The Role of Black Churches in Literacy Education
and Practice: An Oral History Project

Dates: August 27-December 3 2012 (Mondays)

Venue: AAAS Community Extension Center

905 Mount Vernon Ave., Columbus, OH 43203

Contact: Sarah Twitty, Program Coordinator at the CEC
(email: twitty.1@osu.edu, telephone 614.292.1348)

This is an invitation to participate in a joint project aimed at documenting the historical and contemporary role of Black churches in promoting, supporting, and sustaining writing practices in Black Columbus communities. This partnership will include Columbus area churches and the Department of English at the Ohio State University.
As part of this class,

Back To School Rally (Columbus, OH) – August 13, 2012

 

Monday, August 13, 2012

5:30 to 7:30pm

Mt. Vernon Plaza Focal Point

 

The Back To School Rally will consist of community leaders, churches and nonprofit organizations coming

1st Annual African American Cultural Arts Festival (August 4, 2012)

 

The First Annual African American Cultural Arts Festival will take place on