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Friday, April 25
 

8:00am EDT

Registration, Breakfast and Networking
Friday April 25, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Events Center
Friday April 25, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
  Networking session

9:00am EDT

Race Equity in Tenant RTC Advocacy
Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Events Center
What does it mean to advance race equity as you work to enact and implement tenant RTC? How do we talk about race in the broader discussion of evictions, people who are evicted, why we are advancing a tenant right to counsel? Are there strategies and tools to do this better and to build a coalition - particularly in this political moment? Join us in this full group workshop, led by DrT of TheCaseMade, to explore these ideas in the context of advancing tenant RTC.
A key resource for this session: Building Support for a Civil Right to Counsel by Anchoring Your Case in Racial Justice: A Playbook for Justice Seekers Everywhere. 
Speakers
avatar for Tiffany Manuel

Tiffany Manuel

President & CEO, TheCaseMade
Tiffany "DrT" Manuel (she/her) is the founder and CEO of TheCaseMade, where she collaborates with social changemakers across the U.S. to build diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities. She authored Case Made! 10 Powerful Leadership Principles that Win Hearts, Change Minds, and... Read More →
avatar for Mariel Ferreiro

Mariel Ferreiro

Lead Facilitator, TheCaseMade, Inc.
Mariel Ferreiro, Lead Facilitator, TheCaseMade (she/her/ella) is a community leader with subject matter expertise in immigration, homelessness, housing, and social services. She is an expert in nonprofit accounting and finance, nonprofit business structure, grassroots community organizing... Read More →
Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
  Full group session

10:15am EDT

Break
Friday April 25, 2025 10:15am - 10:30am EDT
Friday April 25, 2025 10:15am - 10:30am EDT
  Break

10:30am EDT

Research and Data: Key Tools for Tenant Right to Counsel
Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
 In this strategy session, we’ll explore research and data connected to tenant RTC. Topics covered will include: 
  • eviction data disaggregation
  • cost/benefits analyses
  • gathering data to effectively evaluate tenant RTC
  • identifying critical research needs and how we might set a national research agenda
  • the importance of community involvement, and 
  • relationships between RTC advocates and researchers
Speakers
avatar for Danya Keene

Danya Keene

Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Danya Keene is an Associate Professor of Social Behavioral Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health. Her research examines housing and housing policy as determinants of population health equity. Moving beyond a focus on housing and individual health, her work considers how an... Read More →
avatar for Neil Steinkamp

Neil Steinkamp

Managing Director, Stout
Neil Steinkamp is a Managing Director at Stout and a well-recognized expert and consultant on a range of strategic, corporate, and financial issues for businesses, non-profit organizations, state and local government agencies, and community leaders and their advisors. Stout is currently... Read More →
avatar for Lauren Harper

Lauren Harper

Stay Housed LA Data Manager, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Harper (she/they) is the Data Manager for Stay Housed LA. They do grant reporting, website management, program evaluation, and anything else involving spreadsheets to implement a Right to Counsel in the City and County of Los Angeles. Harper is passionate about using data and mapping... Read More →
avatar for John Pollock

John Pollock

Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
John (he/him) has been the NCCRC Coordinator since 2009. He is the author of several law review articles, including Appointment of Counsel for Civil Litigants: A Judicial Path to Ensuring the Fair and Ethical Administration of Justice, Court Review, Vol. 56 Issue 1 (2020), The Ca... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Tim Thomas

Dr. Tim Thomas

Research Director of the Urban Displacement Project and Director of the Eviction Research Network, UC Berkeley
Dr. Tim Thomas is a professional researcher and research director at Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project (UDP) specializing in urban sociology, demography, and data science. His research focuses on how neighborhood change, housing disparities, policies, and displacement affects... Read More →
Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
  Breakout strategy session

10:30am EDT

RTC for Culture Change: What High-Quality Representation Looks like LIMITED
Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
This session examines high-quality representation and how RTC programs are changing the law. We'll explore questions around attorney supervision, how impact work and appeals can continue to be prioritized after tenant RTC is enacted, and how tenant RTC-related litigation is (or can) impact the body of law and practice of law in specific jurisdictions.
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Scherer

Andrew Scherer

Professor of Law; Policy Director, Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, New York Law School
Andrew Scherer is a Professor, the Policy Director of the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, the Director of the Right to Counsel Project, and the Co-Director of the Housing Justice Leadership Institute. Professor Scherer currently directs the Housing Rights Clinic. He has... Read More →
avatar for Michelle Lucas

Michelle Lucas

Senior Managing Attorney - Right to Counsel, Northwest Justice Project
Michelle is the Senior Managing Attorney for Right to Counsel at Northwest Justice Project (NJP). In this role, she oversees and supports NJP’s Eviction Prevention Unit, a statewide team of attorneys providing appointed representation to tenants facing eviction. Previously Michelle... Read More →
avatar for Marika Dias

Marika Dias

Managing Director, Urban Justice Center
Marika Dias is a public interest attorney whose work has focused on providing legal services that support community organizing efforts and grassroots organizing groups, in particular in struggles around housing, immigrant rights, and LGBTQ rights. Marika is currently the Managing... Read More →
avatar for Gina Chiala

Gina Chiala

Attorney, Executive Director, Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom
Gina Chiala is the Executive Director and Staff Attorney for the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom. Gina has years of experience with both social justice campaigns and public interest litigation. Gina began her legal career as a public defender, where she vigorously defended the... Read More →
avatar for Hazel Remesch

Hazel Remesch

State and Local Policy Director, Ohio, Enterprise Community Partners
Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
  Breakout strategy session

10:30am EDT

Self-Directed Workshop LIMITED
Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
This session will focus on court watch—an organizing tactic in which tenants and organizers maintain a consistent, visible presence at the housing courts to support tenants with information about their rights, monitor ongoing cases, and ensure accountability in the court system. Court watching serves as a critical component of community-based efforts to protect tenants' rights and uphold Right to Counsel. Court watch allows organizers to identify trends in eviction cases, pinpoint systemic issues in the court process, and highlight gaps in the provision of Right to Counsel. Court watch serves not only as a means of direct intervention, but also as an organizing tool for expanding our base.

Speakers
avatar for Khadija Hussain

Khadija Hussain

Campaign Organizer, Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
Khadija is a tenant organizer based in Brooklyn. She has organized with Brooklyn Eviction Defense and has previously organized tenants in Connecticut to help pass Right to Counsel as a statewide right in 2021. Prior to working at the RTCNYC Coalition, she worked at the Safety Net... Read More →
avatar for Adalky Capellán

Adalky Capellán

Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
Adalky Capellán, a Washington Heights and Bronx native, graduated from DePauw University in 2013. Her Afro-Latina heritage and neighborhood experiences significantly shape her artistic and activist work. Over the past decade, she has engaged in various roles, including as an intern... Read More →
Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
  Breakout strategy session

12:00pm EDT

Lunch LIMITED
Friday April 25, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Events Center
Friday April 25, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
  Networking session

12:30pm EDT

Keynote Address: We Demand More: Using RTC as a Tool to Advance Broader Housing Justice
Friday April 25, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Events Center
We’re fighting for a tenant right to counsel in more and more places every year. Often, we look at tenant RTC as part of other eviction reforms and interventions, like eviction diversion, mediation, rental assistance, just cause protections, etc. Tenant RTC is just one tool. But what are we using this tool to achieve? Where are we looking to go? And what is the goal of tenant RTC advocacy? In this lunch-time address, we'll explore how tenant RTC can help advance housing justice more broadly. 
Speakers
avatar for Malika Conner

Malika Conner

Coalition Coordinator, Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
Malika is an experienced community organizer, coalition builder, campaign strategist, and social worker. She has worked in the social justice movement for over a decade and has extensive experience building coalitions and campaigns from the ground up. Malika began working with the... Read More →
PE

Pablo Estupiñan

Director, Anti-Eviction, SAJE-Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Coalition Coordinator, Keep LA HousedCampaign Director, LA Right to Counsel Coalition
Friday April 25, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
  Full group session

1:30pm EDT

Ins And Outs of Movement Lawyers And Working With/For The Community You’re Serving
Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA
In this strategy session we’ll look at how lawyers involved in tenant RTC programs can work closely with organizers and movement leaders to advance housing justice more broadly.  We’ll explore how legal services programs can remain movement and community-focused while handling the demands of tenant RTC caseloads. We’ll also look at the benefits and insights that RTC attorneys can bring into the movement space.

Speakers
PE

Pablo Estupiñan

Director, Anti-Eviction, SAJE-Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Coalition Coordinator, Keep LA HousedCampaign Director, LA Right to Counsel Coalition
avatar for Andrew Scherer

Andrew Scherer

Professor of Law; Policy Director, Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, New York Law School
Andrew Scherer is a Professor, the Policy Director of the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, the Director of the Right to Counsel Project, and the Co-Director of the Housing Justice Leadership Institute. Professor Scherer currently directs the Housing Rights Clinic. He has... Read More →
avatar for Marika Dias

Marika Dias

Managing Director, Urban Justice Center
Marika Dias is a public interest attorney whose work has focused on providing legal services that support community organizing efforts and grassroots organizing groups, in particular in struggles around housing, immigrant rights, and LGBTQ rights. Marika is currently the Managing... Read More →
avatar for Ruby-beth Buitekant

Ruby-beth Buitekant

Associate Director of Movement Partnerships, Movement Law Lab
Ruby-Beth Buitekant is a radical southern lawyer, facilitator, and speaker. A life-long activist, she has worked as a consultant for organizations and workplaces tackling issues of racism and organizational development. Prior to her consulting work, Ruby-Beth was a Public Policy... Read More →
Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA
  Breakout strategy session

1:30pm EDT

Starting a Tenant Right to Counsel Campaign 101 + Evolution LIMITED
Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA
In this strategy session we’re focusing on leading a right to counsel campaign. We’ll workshop strategies, talk about challenges and ways to respond. We’ll explore key aspects not to miss in planning your tenant RTC campaign. We’ll look at plans that have worked and discuss some mechanisms for passing tenant RTC like passing funding first then tenant RTC legislation or working on advancing a tenant right to counsel through a ballot initiative process.
Speakers
avatar for Detrese Dowridge

Detrese Dowridge

Executive Director, Baltimore Renters United
Detrese was born and raised in Baltimore City and has been working as a tenant advocate since May 2013 when she joined Right to Housing Alliance as a volunteer. In 2022 Right to Housing Alliance merged with and became Baltimore Renters United. Detrese has testified at both the city... Read More →
avatar for Jordan Cooper

Jordan Cooper

Director, Organizing, UHAB
Jordan Cooper joined UHAB as Organizing Director in 2023 where she and her team organize the HOPE Tenant Union of Eastern Brooklyn. A native of Philadelphia currently based in Flatbush, Brooklyn, she has been working to support the Tenant Movement in New York since 2016. Previously, Jordan... Read More →
avatar for Cinthia Gonzalez

Cinthia Gonzalez

Program Coordinator, Eastside LEADS
Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA
  Breakout strategy session

1:30pm EDT

The Money Side of Tenant RTC: Costs and Funding LIMITED
Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA
This session will explore finding sustainable funding streams for tenant RTC. We’ll examine strategies that have worked, as well as those that didn’t, and discuss what it means to develop a thorough and careful tenant RTC budget that includes funding not just for infrastructure growth but also lawyer supports (paralegals / social workers), program outreach, and evaluation.
Speakers
avatar for Luke Grundman

Luke Grundman

Director of Litigation & Advocacy, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
Luke Grundman has made legal aid casework the center of his entire career. He started with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA) as an Equal Justice Works Fellow in 2009, spent five years fighting foreclosures and predatory lending, staffed a medical-legal partnership clinic for two years... Read More →
avatar for Samuel “Sandy” Rosenberg

Samuel “Sandy” Rosenberg

State Delegate, 41st District, Baltimore City, Maryland General Assembly
Samuel I. “Sandy” Rosenberg has been a member of the House for Delegates since 1983 and currently serves as chair of the Subcommittee Health Occupations and Long-Term Care and House chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review.
avatar for Neil Steinkamp

Neil Steinkamp

Managing Director, Stout
Neil Steinkamp is a Managing Director at Stout and a well-recognized expert and consultant on a range of strategic, corporate, and financial issues for businesses, non-profit organizations, state and local government agencies, and community leaders and their advisors. Stout is currently... Read More →
avatar for John Pollock

John Pollock

Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
John (he/him) has been the NCCRC Coordinator since 2009. He is the author of several law review articles, including Appointment of Counsel for Civil Litigants: A Judicial Path to Ensuring the Fair and Ethical Administration of Justice, Court Review, Vol. 56 Issue 1 (2020), The Ca... Read More →
avatar for Ashley Lowe

Ashley Lowe

Chief Executive Officer, Lakeshore Legal Aid
Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA
  Breakout strategy session

3:00pm EDT

Break LIMITED
Friday April 25, 2025 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Friday April 25, 2025 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
  Break

3:30pm EDT

Sustaining the National Movement
Friday April 25, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Events Center
Attendees will participate in a full-group workshop to strategize sustaining and strengthening the national tenant RTC advocacy! 
In this interactive, large-group session, we’ll consider forward-looking questions, including: 
  • What strategies are we taking to build on the incredible momentum of tenant RTC work around the country? 
  • What tools and conversations are missing in this work? 
  • What do you want to see out of this convening? 
  • What training and support do you need in the coming months and years? 
  • How do we sustain and strengthen the national tenant RTC movement? 
  • How do we celebrate the victories and progress as we grapple with challenges?
Speakers
avatar for Maria Roumiantseva

Maria Roumiantseva

Associate Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
Maria (she/her) is the NCCRC’s Associate Coordinator. Before joining the NCCRC in February 2020, Maria was a Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Central New York, Inc., primarily representing tenants facing eviction. Maria began her legal career at the Legal Aid Society, Juvenile... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Ashbrook

Andrew Ashbrook

Tenant Right to Counsel Implementation Advisor, NCCRC
Andrew (he/him) is the NCCRC’s Eviction RTC Implementation Specialist. Before joining the NCCRC in January 2024, Andrew was a Supervising Attorney on the Bronx Defenders’ Right to Counsel team. In that role, he supervised a team of attorneys representing tenants facing eviction... Read More →
Friday April 25, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
  Full group session

4:40pm EDT

Closing Remarks
Friday April 25, 2025 4:40pm - 5:30pm EDT
Events Center
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Scherer

Andrew Scherer

Professor of Law; Policy Director, Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, New York Law School
Andrew Scherer is a Professor, the Policy Director of the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law, the Director of the Right to Counsel Project, and the Co-Director of the Housing Justice Leadership Institute. Professor Scherer currently directs the Housing Rights Clinic. He has... Read More →
avatar for Maria Roumiantseva

Maria Roumiantseva

Associate Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
Maria (she/her) is the NCCRC’s Associate Coordinator. Before joining the NCCRC in February 2020, Maria was a Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Central New York, Inc., primarily representing tenants facing eviction. Maria began her legal career at the Legal Aid Society, Juvenile... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Ashbrook

Andrew Ashbrook

Tenant Right to Counsel Implementation Advisor, NCCRC
Andrew (he/him) is the NCCRC’s Eviction RTC Implementation Specialist. Before joining the NCCRC in January 2024, Andrew was a Supervising Attorney on the Bronx Defenders’ Right to Counsel team. In that role, he supervised a team of attorneys representing tenants facing eviction... Read More →
avatar for John Pollock

John Pollock

Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
John (he/him) has been the NCCRC Coordinator since 2009. He is the author of several law review articles, including Appointment of Counsel for Civil Litigants: A Judicial Path to Ensuring the Fair and Ethical Administration of Justice, Court Review, Vol. 56 Issue 1 (2020), The Ca... Read More →
avatar for Malika Conner

Malika Conner

Coalition Coordinator, Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
Malika is an experienced community organizer, coalition builder, campaign strategist, and social worker. She has worked in the social justice movement for over a decade and has extensive experience building coalitions and campaigns from the ground up. Malika began working with the... Read More →
PE

Pablo Estupiñan

Director, Anti-Eviction, SAJE-Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Coalition Coordinator, Keep LA HousedCampaign Director, LA Right to Counsel Coalition
Friday April 25, 2025 4:40pm - 5:30pm EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
  Full group session
 
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