WATCH: Meeting the Moment: Focus on LGBTQ+ Rights

 

The Philadelphia Bar Association held a program titled, "Meeting the Moment: Focus on LGBTQ+ Rights," on Tuesday, April 29. With the rollback of legal protections for the LGBTQ+ community, education, collaboration, and advocacy will be critical to charting a path forward. Panelists discussed top-of-mind issues and impacts due to recent policy changes at the federal level, the critical state and federal court cases on the horizon, and what the legal community can do to help.

Introduction: Chancellor Katayun Jaffari

Keynote Speaker: Philadelphia City Councilmember At Large Rue Landau

Panelists: 

Ronda B. Goldfein, Executive Director, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania

Kae Greenberg (he/him), Staff Attorney, Center for HIV Law and Policy

Bonnie Kaplan (she/her), PA State Leader, Free Mom Hugs

Jasper Liem (they/he), Executive Director, The Attic Youth Center

Ed Miller (he/him), Elder Initiative Program Manager, William Way LGBT Community Center

Eli Segal, Business Litigator, Stapleton Segal Cochran LLC

Zach Strassburger (they/them), Deputy City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia

Elizabeth Weissert (she/her), Associate, Ballard Spahr, and President, Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association

Moderators: 

Maureen Holland (she/her), Member, Cozen O'Connor and Co-Chair, LGBTQ+ Rights Committee

Krystal Kane (she/her), Pro Bono Attorney Blank Rome, and Co-Chair, LGBTQ+ Rights Committee

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