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A Day of Inclusion, Celebration and
Education
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Orrick will host our fourth annual "Dive/In"—a worldwide celebration of the different backgrounds and cultures that constitute the global community in which we practice law. As part of this celebration, we are hosting diversity and inclusion events in every Orrick office and for clients and friends of the firm in five cities across the country—each focused on a different view on diversity. |
| NEW YORK |
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Diversity & Politics: Perspectives on the 2012
Presidential Campaigns. One week after Election Day, please
join us for a panel discussion on how diversity-related issues
impacted the 2012 campaigns and outcome. Our panel will
include Bill Burton, former deputy press secretary under
President Barack Obama and national press secretary for the
Obama for America 2008 campaign, and Sean Sweeney, former
chief of staff to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
Bill and Sean also are co-founders of the super PAC Priorities
USA Action. Republican Party representatives and other
commentators from the front lines of this year’s campaigns are
being confirmed and will be announced in advance of the
event. |
Time:
Location: |
6:30 p.m.
Orrick's New York
Office
CBS Building
51 West 52nd Street (map)
212-506-5000
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| PORTLAND |
| A discussion with guest speakers from
the Immigration
Counseling Service (ICS), an organization dedicated to
improving the lives of Oregon’s immigrant communities through
access to affordable legal and educational services. The
discussion will focus on ICS’s new anti-trafficking
initiative, which provides social services advocacy, case
management and referral services to survivors of trafficking.
A reception will follow the discussion. |
Time:
Location: |
4:00 p.m.
Orrick's Portland Office
1120 NW Couch St.,
Suite 200 (map)
503-943-4800 |
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| SAN FRANCISCO |
A book discussion and reading with Judge
Lise Pearlman, author of The
Sky's the Limit: People v. Newton, The REAL Trial of the 20th
Century? Judge Pearlman and three invited guests will
perform a reading from a segment of the Newton trial featured
in her book. Co-sponsored by the Charles Houston Bar
Association and the Vietnamese
Bar Association of Northern California. MCLE Credit - 1
hour of Elimination of Bias credit.
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Time:
Location: |
6:00 p.m.
The Orrick Building
405 Howard
Street (map)
415-773-5700 |
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| SILICON VALLEY |
A networking event followed by a
screening of In Whose
Honor?, a groundbreaking documentary that takes a
critical look at the long-running practice of "honoring"
Native American Indians by using them as mascots and nicknames
in sports and examines the issues of racism, stereotypes, and
the powerful effects of mass-media imagery. We will also be
joined by Orrick pro bono client, Nancy Rosales, owner of Neveria Abel 1950, a
minority women-owned premium organic ice cream company
currently selling to Draeger’s and Whole Foods. Nancy
will be bringing samplings of her creative ice cream flavors,
such as Mexican Hot Chocolate and Agave Tequila, to enjoy
during the film.
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Time:
Location: |
5:00 p.m.
Orrick's Silicon Valley Office
1000
Marsh Road, Building 1000 (map)
650-614-7400 |
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| WASHINGTON, D.C. |
A screening of the Academy Award®
nominated short documentary The Barber of
Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights
Movement, with special guests Robin Fryday,
co-director/producer and Shirley Gavin Floyd, Civil
Rights Activist Committee Birmingham, Alabama. The film
profiles Mr. James Armstrong – a barber and foot soldier who
cut hair (including Dr. Martin Luther King's), had his
children integrate an all-white elementary school and marched
on Bloody Sunday across the Pettus Bridge to demand voting
rights for all Americans. A reception will follow the
discussion.
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Time:
Location: |
5:30 p.m.
Orrick's Washington, D.C. Office
1152 15th
Street, N.W. (map)
202-339-8400 |
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Please contact Kris Greene, senior manager
of Diversity and Inclusion, at kgreene@orrick.com or
415-773-5428 with any questions about the above
events. |
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