Social Justice Thursday Speaker Series: Community Economic Justice
Thursday, March 19, 2009 from noon to 1 p.m. in Bannan 139. Food will be provided.
Margaretta Lin and John Engstrom (Community Economic Justice Practice of East Bay Community Law Center)
Community Economic Justice: Bringing Meaningful, Sustainable, and Community-Centered Progressive Change to Diverse Working Class Communities
Margaretta Lin joined EBCLC in 2003 to direct the Community Economic Justice practice. While in law school, Margaretta co-founded the Boalt Hall Studies in International Law and Women of Color Caucus. She was active in the Coalition for Diversified Faculty and a member of the California Law Review. After graduating from Boalt, Margaretta served as a law clerk to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Margaretta has been a civil rights lawyer and activist for more than a decade in the Bay Area. Margaretta was the founder and Executive Director of Youth Together, a youth organizing and educational justice organization working in Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond. She was a civil rights attorney at Public Advocates, where she was lead counsel on class action education discrimination cases. She has also served as an equity specialist with the federal desegregation assistance center and a research associate on a national research study on school diversity issues.
John Engstrom recently joined EBCLC as a Staff Attorney in the Community Economic Justice Unit. Prior to joining EBCLC, John worked at the Alameda County Homeless Action Center and the Mental Health Advocacy Project in San Jose. John specialized in assisting clients obtain and maintain public benefits. John also worked on policy issues affecting low income and disabled members of the community. As a law student, John interned at EBCLC for four semesters.
