Tales of Good Trouble
Microaggressions and Policy
Microaggression Slideshow
Our microaggression slideshow takes a deep dive into the microaggressions that affect us locally and globally and explores how to take a stand against them and work to establish equity in our local and global communities. It also includes the experiences of our own ND community and examples from the media that help illustrate the harm of microaggressions.
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Policy Slideshow
In this slideshow, we focus on racial color blindness and trauma. Racial color blindness is something that we need to let go of completely so that we can figure out what types of policies serve BIPOC best. We also discuss trauma as a key issue that racial justice policies should address.
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Guest Speakers
Dr. Jacqueline Olga Cooke-Rivers
Dr. Rivers is the executive director of the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies and earned her doctorate in African-American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University. She was a doctoral fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and is currently a lecturer in Sociology at Harvard.
Mayor Libby Schaaf
During her tenure, Oakland has undergone an economic revitalization and building boom, as well as cut gun violence in half. Her “17K FOR 17K Housing Plan” has helped increase Oakland’s affordable housing production, stabilize rents, and decrease evictions. She resolved some of Oakland’s most unsafe street encampments. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Mayor Schaaf to California’s first Council of Regional Homeless Advisors.
Jason Starr
Currently, Jason is the inaugural Director of Litigation at the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. He serves as lead counsel in Walker v. Azar, challenging the former Trump administration's attempted rollback of critical civil rights protections for LGBTQ people in the Affordable Care Ac. Formerly, Jason served as Counsel for Civil Rights and Federal Affairs in New York where he managed legal, policy, and budgetary affairs for a broad portfolio of issues including criminal justice, clemency, democracy protection, immigration, and housing
Rep. Anna Eshoo
For over two decades in Congress, Rep. Eshoo has defended consumers, promoted American competitiveness and innovation, fought for access to health care for families and children, protected the environment, and encouraged the development of clean energy technology. Congresswoman Eshoo was the first woman ever to serve as Chair of the Health Subcommittee on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee and was also the first woman in history to serve in a leadership role as a Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for six years.
Eric Chang
Eric J. Chang is an attorney for the California Department of Justice and a former federal prosecutor. Prior to entering public service, Eric was a defense attorney at a major Washington, D.C. law firm where he represented corporations and individuals in litigation against state and federal agencies. Eric also maintained an active pro bono practice including the representation of the Navajo Nation against the U.S. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation and an autistic prisoner in a civil rights case against the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Lisa Bornstein
Lisa Bornstein is Vice President of Strategy & Policy at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Ms. Bornstein provides strategic support, policy expertise, strategies for leveraging the organization’s voice on federal, state, and local policy matters, and works across the organization to help identify opportunities to engage in advocacy and public education. Ms. Bornstein holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.Phil. in political science as well as a law degree from Columbia University. Ms. Bornstein is a member of the New York State and District of Columbia bars and is a member of the Supreme Court bar.