The Vanguard’s 10th Annual Event will feature Mark Godsey, the director of the Ohio Innocence Project and acclaimed author of Blind Injustice.
In his book, “Drawing upon stories from his own career, Godsey shares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a ‘tough on crime’ environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people.”
The event is the Vanguard’s annual fundraiser. Founded in 2010, the Vanguard Court Watch goes into courts in San Francisco, Sacramento and Yolo Counties in California to monitor and report on everyday injustice in the court system. Our operations have expanded to include our weekly Everyday Injustice Podcast, national criminal justice reform coverage, a daily newsletter, and focuses on wrongful convictions, felony murder reform and the progressive prosecution movement.
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE NOW – http://vanguard-godsey.eventbrite.com
Tickets: General Admission ($50), Student/ Low Income ($20)
Date and Time
Thu, August 13, 2020
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Location
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Please note due to COVID-19 and regulations we may move this to a Zoom-only event. That decision has not been made yet. But please support our fundraiser as it funds the Court Watch project and many of our operations.
SPONSORS
| EVENT SPONSOR: UC Davis | HEADLINE SPONSOR: |
| UC Davis School of Law | Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust |
| California Innocence Project | |
| Yolo County Public Defender’s Office | SOCIAL JUSTICE CHAMPION SPONSOR: |
| San Francisco County Public Defender’s Office | The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation |
| Chesa Boudin, SF District Attorney | It Could Happen to You |
| Lara Bazelon, University of San Francisco Law | Mouzis Criminal Defense, Jennifer Mouzis |
| The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation | Advocates for Ajay |
| It Could Happen to You | |
| Obie Anthony, Exonerated Nation | Gold Level Sponsor: |
| Senator Scott Wiener | Bob Poppenga, Davis School Board |
| Tracie Olson, Yolo County Public Defender | |
| Jon Bendich | |
| Mark Reichel, Attorney at Law | |
| Linda Deos, Candidate Yolo County Supervisor | |
| Masud Monfared | |
| Harvey and Evelyn Greenwald | |
| Julia Newcomb | |
| Tully & Weiss – California Criminal Defense Attorneys | |
| Silver Level Sponsor: | |
| Gloria Partida, Davis Mayor | |
| Jim Provenza, Yolo County Supervisor | |
| Allison Zuvela | |
| Alin Cintean, Attorney at Law | |
| Alan Hirsch | |
| Friend Level Sponsor: | |
| Senator Scott Wiener | |
| Alan Fernandes, Davis School Board | |
| Robb Davis, Former Davis Mayor | |
| Nate Ballard | |
| Saatyaki Amin | |
| Ryan Davis | |
| Elizabeth Lasensky | |
To become a sponsor or purchase tickets… hit the link: http://vanguard-godsey.eventbrite.com
This is on Zoom, I presume?
“Please note due to COVID-19 and regulations we may move this to a Zoom-only event. That decision has not been made yet. But please support our fundraiser as it funds the Court Watch project and many of our operations.”