The Vanguard Court Watch 3rd Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony has been set for Saturday, November 9th at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center starting at 5PM. The theme this year is “Restorative Justice & Reforming the Judicial System.”
The Vanguard Court Watch 3rd Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony has been set for Saturday, November 9th at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center starting at 5PM. The theme this year is “Restorative Justice & Reforming the Judicial System.”We have an exciting line up that you won’t want to miss including Public Officials of the Year Assemblyman Ammiano who will speak on his “Innocence Project Bill” AB 604 and Public Defender Jeff Adachi will speak on Indigent Defense 50 years after Gideon v. Wainwright. We also have Fresno County Judge David Gottlieb, who is our Keynote Speaker and who will speak during the Restorative Justice Education portion of the event and talk about a restorative justice program he has implemented in his courtroom. This year we will honor award recipients:
Vanguard Attorney of the Year: Stephen Berlin and Oliver “Chip” Northup
Vanguard Activist of the Year: Jann Murray-Garcia
Vanguard Organization of the Year: Cultural Co-Op
Vanguard Law School/ University of the Year: UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic
Vanguard Youth Social Justice Award: Bernie Goldsmith
Vanguard Public Official of the Year: Assembly Member Tom Ammiano & SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi
I still don’t know why Reisig won’t be recognized for his creation of the neighborhood court program.
A lot of reasons Mr. Obvious.
First, the two attorneys were are honoring died this year and made major contributions to social justice.
Second, we tried several things this year to bring awareness to neighborhood court and the DA’s office essentially nixed them.
But Reisig is bringing a huge progressive change to the justice system in Yolo County. You could add three minutes to the program for a little recognition. I’m sure there will be people there from out of the area that do not know the positive changes Reisig is bringing.
How could Reisig nix your plans to promote the neighborhood courts? You have this forum.
I applaud your choice of recipients. All well deserved.
Will our Davis judges Rosenburg and Maquire be recognized?
The people that will be recognized are on the list above.