Maria Rodriguez
Host: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Sponsor: Fish & Richardson P.C., Microsoft Corporation
Fanna Gamal
- Hosted by East Bay Community Law Center
- Sponsored by The Arnold & Porter Foundation
- Service location Berkeley, California
- Law school University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Issue area Children/Youth
- Fellowship class year 2016
- Program Design-Your-Own Fellowship
The Project
Challenge the collateral consequences of school expulsions in Berkeley and Oakland through holistic individual advocacy and local policy reform.
Each year, hundreds of black and Latino students in Alameda County are referred for expulsion. Even if they are not ultimately expelled, a mere expulsion referral ignites a number of consequences that set youth on a dangerous trajectory. Through direct representation and local policy advocacy, this project works to protect the education and due process rights of students facing expulsion.
Meet Other Fellows Like Fanna
Tori Porell
Host: East Bay Children’s Law Offices
Sponsor: The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Elizabeth Lincoln
Host: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Sponsor: Microsoft Corporation, The Sidley Austin Foundation
Tracie Johnson
Host: Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP