After welcome remarks from DC Bar President Ellen Jakovic and introductions from CRSJ Council member and GULC Professor Janel George, we hear from Professor Dorothy Brown, author of 'The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—and How We Can Fix It,' as she discusses the way the tax code has been used to create wealth disparities in America.
March 30, 2023 ECONOMIC JUSTICE SUMMIT
Reception, featuring Dorothy Brown
Welcome Remarks
Ellen M. Jakovic – President, District of Columbia Bar; Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Introduction
Janel A. George – Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Director, Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center; Council Member, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
Speaker
Dorothy Brown – Martin D. Ginsburg Chair in Taxation and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Resources
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—and How We Can Fix It | Professor Dorothy Brown
Thank You to our Partners
Summit Supporters: Truist, Georgetown University Law Center, DC Bar, American Tax Policy Institute, ABA Section of Taxation, Hip Hop Caucus, Francine J. Lipman & James E. Williamson, Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming
Summit Co-Sponsors: ABA Business Law Section, ABA Center for Public Interest Law, ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, ABA Criminal Justice Section, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Young Lawyers Division
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