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EXPLORING OUR OVERLAPPING BIASES AND HOW THEY AFFECT DECISION-MAKING IN FAMILY COURT


Conference Agenda

TIME

ITEM

9:30 a.m.— 9:45 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable Anita Josey-Herring, Chief Judge
Superior Court of the District of Columbia

The Honorable Peter Krauthamer, Presiding Judge
Family Court, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

9:45 a.m. — 10:50 a.m.

Keynote Speaker:—How Implicit Bias and Systemic Racism Reproduce Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare
Rita Cameron Wedding, Ph.D., Professor, Speaker and Scholar
California State University, Sacramento


Introduction

The Honorable Jennifer Di Toro, Deputy Presiding Judge
Family Court, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

10:50 a.m.— 11:00 p.m.

BREAK

11:00 a.m.— 11:50 a.m.

Panel Discussion— Layers of Implicit Bias in the Workplace
Anee Korme, Director
The Raben Group

Robert L. Matthews, Acting Director
Child and Family Services Agency

Introduction

Aisha Braithwaite Flucker, J.D., Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General, Family Services Division. For the District of Columbia

11:50 a.m.— 12:00 p.m.

BREAK

12:00 a.m.— 12:50 p.m.

Panel Discussion—Racial Equity and Systemic Solutions for the Workplace
Anne Oredeko, J.D., Supervising Attorney
Racial Justice Unit, The Legal Aid Society

Sabrina-Yvette d'Almeida, Chief Talent and Equity Officer
The Children's Law Center

 

Moderator
Tayo Belle, J.D., Supervising Attorney
School Justice Project

12:50 p.m.—1:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

The Honorable Peter Krauthamer, Presiding Judge
Family Court, Superior Court of the District of Columbia