YDS Supports RACIAL JUSTICE and the JENA 6 - Speakers Event!

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**Racial Justice Staff Attorney, Mark Fancher, is coming to speak to YDS members and guests about social/racial issues surrounding the Jena 6 case. We, as socially conscious human beings CANNOT let the Jena 6 case die down!**

**THIS IS YDS'S FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR! PLEASE HELP US WELCOME MARK FANCHER FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PROMISING DIALOG ABOUT THE JENA 6 CASE!!**

Before joining the ACLU staff, Fancher served as the Senior Staff Attorney for the NLG/Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice in Detroit. He has also held positions as: a visiting clinical law professor at the University of Michigan Law School; Director of Special Projects in the Access to Justice Department of the State Bar of Michigan; and Co-Director of Legal Policies for Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson. Before moving to Michigan, Fancher litigated civil rights cases for six years in private practice in New Jersey and served for five years as Director of Litigation for Camden Regional Legal Services.

Fancher has played a leadership role in the National Conference of Black Lawyers for numerous years and served as its national co-chair from 1995-1998. He is chairman of the Policy Board of the Legal Aid and Defender Association in Detroit and he is a member of the Peace Neighborhood Center board of directors in Ann Arbor. He is also an active volunteer for the National Lawyers Guild and the State Bar of Michigan Pro Bono Initiative.

Fancher has lectured across the country and written extensively on issues ranging from race, poverty and Pan-Africanism to attacks on civil liberties after 9/11 and strategies for progressive movements.

Fancher is a 1983 graduate of Rutgers University School of Law and he received a B.S. from the University of Tennessee in 1979.