Below is the spring 2020 schedule for Art of Social Change: Child Welfare, Education, and Juvenile Justice. The class meets Thursdays from 5:00-7:00 PM at Harvard Law School. Please check back soon for more information, including the Course Syllabus.
Class 1 (Jan. 30): Course Overview
Speakers:
- Elizabeth Bartholet, Prof. of Law and Faculty Director, Child Advocacy Program
- Crisanne Hazen, Lecturer on Law and Assistant Director, Child Advocacy Program
Class 2 (Feb. 6): Early Brain Development
Guest Speakers:
- Judith Edersheim, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Co-Founder and Co-Director, MGH Center for Law, Brain and Behavior
- Rebecca Compton, Professor of Psychology, Haverford College
Class 3 (Feb. 13): Child Welfare: CPS Reform Strategies #1 – A Non-Profit Advocacy Organization’s Approach to Reform
Guest Speakers:
- Darcy Olsen, Founder & CEO, Gen Justice
Class 4 (Feb. 20): Child Rights Past & Present, Here & Abroad
Guest Speakers:
- Jeffrey Shulman, Professor of Law, Legal Practice, Georgetown University Law Center
- Katharine Young, Associate Professor, Boston College Law School
Class 5 (Feb. 27): Child Welfare: CPS Reform Strategies #2: – Investigative Reporting, Documentary Film, Criminal Prosecution, & Change from Within the Child Protective Services System
Guest Speakers:
- Garrett Therolf, Reporter, Investigative Reporting Program at U.C. Berkeley
- Jonathan Hatami, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
- Philip Browning, Former Director, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Class 6 (Mar. 5): Education: Equitable Funding Through Litigation and Legislation
Guest Speakers:
- Michael Rebell, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University; and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
- Robert Jackson, State Senator, New York
Class 7 (Mar. 12): Education: Expanding Early Education
Guest Speakers:
- Amy O’Leary, Director, Early Education for All Campaign, Strategies for Children
- Samantha Aigner-Treworgy, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
- TeeAra Dias, Boston Universal PreK Director, Boston Public Schools
Class 8 (Mar. 26): Education: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Guest Speakers:
- Matthew Cregor, Staff Attorney, Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
- Tanya Coke, Director, Gender Racial, and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation
Class 9 (April 2): Juvenile Justice: The Emerging Adults Population
Guest Speakers:
- Lael Chester, Director, Emerging Adult Justice Project, Columbia University Justice Lab
- Mike Lawlor, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of New Haven
Class 10 (April 9): Lowering the Voting Age
Guest Speakers:
- Scott Warren, CEO, Generation Citizen
- Abigail Kiesa, Director of Impact, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), Tufts University
- Andy Vargas, State Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Class 11 (April 16): Juvenile Justice: Positive Youth Justice
Guest Speakers:
- Sunindiya Bhalla, Chief, Two Gen Strategies & Programs, Roca
Class 12 (Apr. 23): Juvenile Justice: Litigation & Other Strategies for Systemic Reform
Guest Speakers:
- Marsha Levick, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer, Juvenile Law Center