Contact: Darren Johnson, Director of Communications
(631) 421-2244, ext. 383, djohnson@tourolaw.edu

March 26, 2006

Touro Conference Looks at Segregation and Racism on Long Island

Timely Discussion Brings Together Civil-Rights Attorneys and Advocates

Huntington, NY – Touro Law Center and its Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity will hold an important and timely seminar, “Racial Segregation on Long Island,” a panel discussion examining the prevalence of racial segregation locally and its impact on housing and education.

 The event will be moderated by Dean Emeritus and renowned civil-rights attorney Howard Glickstein, who worked with presidential administrations in the 1960s and 1970s in helping shape policy prohibiting racism and segregation. He will be joined by Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin, Cathryn Harris of ERASE Racism, Maurice Mitchell of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, and Ann Sullivan and Diane Goins of ACORN’s New York chapter.

The event takes place in the Auditorium starting at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For further information, contact (631) 421-2244 ext. 462.

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