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SUMMARY:Para Todos Los Niños: Mendez v. Westminster – A Seminal Case Toward Desegregation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Latino Judges Association\nWebinar\nOn the 74th anniversary of the seminal decision of Mendez v. Westminster School Dist. of Orange County (161 F2d 774 [1947])\, this event featured the screening of the Emmy-winning documentary on this rarely-discussed school desegregation case involving Mexican Americans in California\, and was followed by a panel discussion moderated by NYS Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera. The Mendez case\, which predates Brown v. Board of Education\, set the stage for the United States Supreme Court’s reversal of the “separate but equal” doctrine. \nPROGRAM\nOPENING REMARKS\nHon. Sallie Manzanet Daniels\, Associate Justice\, NYS Appellate Division\, First Dept. \nWELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF THE PANEL\nHon. Patria Frias-Colón\, Judge\, NYC Civil Court\, Kings County\nHon. Lourdes M. Ventura\, Justice\, NY Supreme Court\, Queens County \nSCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY\nMendez vs. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños (2003) \nPANEL DISCUSSION\nModerator: Hon. Jenny Rivera\, Associate Judge\, NYS Court of Appeals\nSylvia Mendez\, Original Plaintiff; Civil Rights Activist; 2011 Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom\nHon. Frederick P. Aguirre\, Retired Judge\, Superior Court\, Orange County\, California  \nJose Perez\, Esq.\, Deputy General Counsel\, LatinoJustice PRLDEF\nSandra Robbie\, Writer and Producer of the Award-Winning Documentary \nQ&A \nCLOSING REMARKS\nHon. Javier Vargas\, Judge\, Family Court\, Kings County \n\nVIRTUAL HOST\nBronx Women’s Bar Association \nEVENT SPONSORS\nHistorical Society of the New York Courts\nLatinoJustice PRLDEF\nCenter on Latinx Rights & Equality (CLRE)\, CUNY Law\nFranklin H. Williams Judicial Commission\nNew York State Judicial Institute \n  \nWatch the Program Video\n \n\n\n  \n  \nWatch the Emmy-winning Documentary Mendez vs. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños (2003)
URL:https://history.nycourts.gov/events/para-todos-los-ninos-mendez-v-westminster/
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