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Past Event

The Front Lines of Gender Justice: Criminalizing Pregnancy

November 19, 2018
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Jerome Greene Hall, 435 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 105
Monday, November 19th Gender Justice: Criminalization of Pregnancy Speaker: Nancy Rosenbloom, Director of Legal Advocacy, National Advocates for Pregnant Women Columbia Law School | 435 West 116th Street | New York, NY 10027 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Jerome Greene Hall - Room 105 Nancy Rosenbloom is the Director of Legal Advocacy with National Advocates for Pregnant Women. On Monday, November 19th, at 3:00 pm, Ms. Rosenbloom will speak as part of a guest lecture series hosted by Professor Katherine Franke. The topic of Ms. Rosenbloom's lecture will be the Criminalization of Pregnancy. This lecture is offered as a part of Professor Katherine Franke's Fall 2018 course in Gender Justice. The course provides an in-depth exposure to current advocacy efforts to advance Gender Justice. In the first half of each class session (from 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm), Professor Franke will hosts a guest speaker who is a gender justice advocate working on an issue such as domestic violence, transgender rights, reproductive justice, migrant rights, the criminalization of pregnancy, gender and the Movement for Black Lives, or the decriminalization of sex work. The guest lecture portions of the Gender Justice class are open for all Columbia University community members to attend. For questions about this program, contact Liz Boylan, Associate Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law and Faculty Assistant to Professor Katherine Franke, at [email protected] or 212.854.0167.

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Elizabeth Boylan
212 854 1951