Event: Behind The Bench II

Event: Behind The Bench II
A Community Forum to address the laws and legal issues that affect communities and the world.

Note: Live Television Taping / Workshop.

Flyer: May be downloaded from the CSH Flyer Depot here.

Time: 5:30pm to 8:pm
Day & Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Location:
Harlem Branch Library
9 West 124th Street
(Between Malcolm X Blvd. & 5th Aves.)
New York, NY
Tel: 212-369-2705

Contact:
Cornelius Ricks
Phone: 347-413-2774
Email: seericks1@gmail.com or harlemcommunity@gmail.com

Technical Director:
Hon. Patti Jacobs (harlemcommunity@gmail.com)

Distinguished guest speakers and panelist are:

• Hon. Paul Kerson, Esq. – (Ret.) Westchester County. Criminal Court
• Hon. Jay Stuart Dankberg, Esq. – (Ret.) NYC Housing Court
• Asst. Attorney General Guy Mitchell, Esq. – Harlem
• Kenneth Gilbert, Esq. – Defender Service of Harlem
• Hon. Keith Wright, - State Assembly Member

Cornelius Ricks asks?

1. Should we trust in judicial justice?
2. Are lawyers a part of the status quo that exploit those who cannot afford a lawyer?
3. Are judges free to make independent judgments or are their decisions influenced by the police, public, and district attorney office?
4. Should judges be appointed by the governor and mayor or be elected?
5. In landlord tenant disputes how influential is the landlord lobby?
6. Why are Asians and Whites not arrested at the same rate as Blacks?
7. Why do police brutality cases go unpunished?
8. Why has legal community refused to support Attorney Alton Maddox gain his license back to practice law in New York?

Also check out:
Conversation with Harold Channer and Cornelius Ricks

Third Great Harlem Debate: Should the State Return the Law License of Attorney Alton Maddox, Yes or Yes?

Event: Third Great Harlem Debate: Should the State Return the Law License of Attorney Alton Maddox, Yes or Yes?

Sponsor: CEMOTAP
Moderator: Dr James C. McIntosh
Admission: Free
Time: 3:00 PM
Date & Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009

Location:
Salem United Methodist Church
211 West 129th Street
Village of Harlem, New York

Headliner: Dr. Joy DeGruy (FKA) Leary

Participants:

• Larry Hamm
• Pam Africa
• Professor Leonard Jeffries
• Jack Felder
• Reverend Joe Bragg
• Betty Dopson
• Attorney Roger Wareham
• Broadcaster Gil Noble

Background:
The Third Great Harlem Debate headlining Dr. Joy DeGruy (FKA) Leary will feature a critical examination of the roles that the New York State governor, the Attorney general, and the New York Bar Association have played in the denial of the return of the law license of Atty. Alton Maddox. The debate will have the unusual format of both sides agreeing that the time for Maddox's return to the courtroom is long overdue. That agreement is reflected in the title of the debate, Should the State Return the Law License of Attorney Alton Maddox, Yes or Yes?"

Dr. McIntosh, the moderator of the debate says the speakers "will provide personal insight into the underlying reason for Maddox's ,historic 20 year suspension"

Although Maddox has reportedly, satisfied all of the written conditions in the suspension order, he still remains suspended with no hint of a resolution date. Dr. Joy DeGruy, social scientist, has included in her research studies of society's historic role in the destruction of the lives and careers of Black men and women who were thought to be dangers to entrenched systems of Black exploitation. She will integrate the debaters information with her personal analysis and provide a way forward for the community to assert itself into a winning posture to restore Atty. Maddox to his earned position in his community.

Contact: Dr James C. McIntosh at 347 531-8936 for additional information

From: Press Release | February 7, 2009 | Molefi A.A. Tayari