Below is the spring 2022 schedule for Art of Social Change: Child Welfare, Education, and Juvenile Justice. The class meets Mondays from 1:45pm – 3:45pm.
Class 1 (Jan. 24): Course Overview
Speakers:
- Michael Gregory, Acting Faculty Director, Child Advocacy Program; Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Senior Attorney, Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI)
- Crisanne Hazen, Lecturer on Law and Assistant Director, Child Advocacy Program
Class 2 (Jan. 31): Child Constitutional Rights and Climate Change
Speakers:
- Julia Olson, Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel, Our Children’s Trust
- Anne Dailey, Evangeline Starr Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
Class 3 (Feb. 7): Education System Reform: Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Speakers:
- Michael Gregory, Acting Faculty Director, Child Advocacy Program; Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Senior Attorney, Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI)
Class 4 (Feb. 14): Child Welfare System Overview and Reform
Speakers:
- Judge Gloria Tan, First Justice, Middlesex County Juvenile Court
- Virginia Pryor, Acting Director, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
- Frank Vandervort, Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Founder, Juvenile Justice Clinic, University of Michigan Law School
Class 5 (Feb. 21): Juvenile Justice System Overview and Reform
Speakers:
- Marsha Levick, Chief Legal Officer and Co-Founder, Juvenile Law Center
- Kristin Henning, Blume Professor of Law and Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative, Georgetown Law
Class 6 (Feb. 28): Learning Communities Meet
No speakers
Class 7 (Mar. 7): Education & Juvenile Justice: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Speakers:
- Tanya Coke, Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation
- Thena Robinson Mock, Program Director, Public Welfare Foundation
- Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director, Advancement Project
Class 8 (Mar. 21): Family Resource Centers (FRCs): Diversion from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
Speakers:
- Senator Karen E. Spilka, Massachusetts State Senate President, 2nd Middlesex & Norfolk District
Class 9 (Mar. 28): Learning Communities Meet
No speakers
Class 10 (Apr. 4): Education: Systemic Reform Litigation, Policy Advocacy, and Community Organizing
Speakers:
- John Affeldt, Managing Attorney, Public Advocates
- Saa’un P. Bell, Associate Director Campaign, Policy, Narrative Strategy, Power California
Class 11 (Apr. 11): Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Emerging Adults
Speakers:
- Sunindiya Bhalla, Executive Vice President, Women & 2Gen, Roca
Class 12 (Apr. 18): Learning Communities Meet
No speakers