DISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR REPORT NOVEMBER, 2016

On October 26, 2016, NAWJ District 2 co-sponsored a program entitled “Equal Means Equal” which featured a documentary about the Equal rights Amendment and a panel discussion with Kamala Lopez, Director of “Equal Means Equal”, Ellen Chesler, Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute and Lenora Lapidus, Director, Women’s Rights Project, ACLU.

NAWJ District 2 along with two Women’s Bar Associations and the New York State Bar will present a Gavel Gap program on November 5, 2016 which will discuss why New York Judiciary doesn’t reflect the population.

The NAWJ New York Women in Prison Chapter has begun its Toy, Toiletry and Book drive for its annual “Beyond the Bars” project.