Lunchtime Law: Activist Cheryl Jacques, Former Human Rights Campaign President, Feb. 24
February 18, 2010
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Activist Cheryl Jacques, former president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign and the first openly gay Massachusetts state senator, will serve as guest speaker at the University of Baltimore School of Law's "Lunchtime Law" event on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at noon. The event will take place in Room 003 of the William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center (the Merrick School of Business), 11 W. Mt. Royal Ave. It is free and open to the public.
Jacques, who speaks nationally on a wide array of topics including diversity, civil rights and political issues, recently said on her Web site:
"The lessons of history are clear—equality cannot wait for a convenient time, society only moves toward equality when challenged to do so. Change does not come through cautious inaction, but through principled insistence. A backlash isn't a reaction; it is the surfacing of long-standing resentments and misunderstandings that can only be addressed if brought out into the open. And the most important lesson is this—civil rights battles are never easy, and they are never short, but throughout our nation's history, these battles have resulted in the expansion of equality to people who had previously been denied equal treatment under the law."
This event is co-sponsored by OUTLaw and the Gay-Straight Alliance.
More information about the event is available by contacting the School of Law's Office of External Relations at lawevents@ubalt.edu.
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Merrick School of Business.