A Conversation about the Language of Pronouns in the Workplace and in Practice
(RECORDED)
This program is a recording of the Live Seminar held on November 4, 2020.
If you attended the live webcast via zoom program; You cannot claim CLE for watching this recorded program.
Summary:
Participants will learn more about incorporating simple ways to make their practice inclusive, starting with gender pronouns. If participants have seen an increased use of "their" or heard language around gender that are new to them "I am a cis female" or "They identify as non-binary", this is a great session to learn more. This setting is a safe place to learn and practice language to make your employees, co-workers, and clients feel welcome..
Speakers:
Jen Jenkins, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Jen Jenkins is a William S. Richardson School of Law graduate. Jen's lived experiences drive their advocacy efforts, and they use those experiences in addition to their legal background to engage in transforming the law so that it is inclusive of all identities. While they were in law school, they were the lead advocate on a transgender and non-binary bill (HB1165) that added a gender-neutral 'X' marker to our state IDs and driver's licenses. In their current capacity as a Public Policy Advocate at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, they were the lead advocate on an anti-discrimination employment measure that is currently awaiting the Governor's signature.
Trisha Y. Nakamura, William S. Richardson School of Law
Trisha Y. Nakamura is excited to contribute to the William S. Richardson School of Law as its Director of Career Services and Professional Development, Director of Externships, and Director of the Pro Bono Program. A proud graduate of WSRSL, her passion is supporting Richardson students on their professional paths in the law through collaborative career counseling and rich programming and resources on careers and professional development.
Trisha served as a Deputy Public Defender for the State of Hawai‘i for six years where she represented thousands of clients, appearing before the District Courts, Circuit Court, Family Court, and the Hawai`i Supreme Court in addition to the Hawai‘i Parole Board. She also worked in the Judiciary for the State of Hawai‘i in different facets: as a post-JD fellow with the Child Welfare calendar in the Family Court of the First Circuit and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Derrick H.M. Chan and the Honorable Michael D. Wilson while they were assigned to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit.
Trisha also managed policy and legislative efforts as the Policy and Advocacy Director for the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i (now within the Hawai‘i Public Health Institute).
Trisha is a volunteer board member with the Japanese American Citizens League-Honolulu Chapter and is a Fellow with the 2019 Hawai‘i State Bar Association Leadership Institute.
Thaddeus K. Pham, Hawaii State Department of HealthThaddeus Pham (he/him) is currently Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator for the Hawaii State Department of Health in the Harm Reduction Services Branch. He is also co-Founder and co-Director of the Hep Free Hawaii Coalition, a community-based program focused on increasing awareness and access to hepatitis services in Hawaii (www.hepfreehawaii.org). In 2018, he was recognized by the National Minority Quality Forum as a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health. Health. He is a current Bloomberg Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He approaches public health from a social justice perspective and seeks to leverage community partnerships and systems-level policy changes to address health disparities, regardless of disease state.
Ian Tapu, Circuit Court Clerk
Ian Falefuafua Tapu (he/him) is a proud graduate of Kahuku High School, Dartmouth College, and most recently the William S. Richardson School of Law. While at Richardson, Tapu was an Ulu Lehua Scholar, participated on the Native American Moot Court Team, and served as president of the Student Bar Association, Lambda Law, and Pacific Islander Legal Association.
He has written extensively on topics of constitutional law, LGBTQ rights, and Indigenous rights. His work has been published or is slated to be published in the NYU Review of Law & Social Change, Arizona Law Review, Gonzaga Law Review, UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal, and Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Tapu currently is clerking for the Honorable James H. Ashford in Circuit Court.
Duration: approximately 1 hour
Credit: This seminar qualifies for 1 CLE Credit.
Cost: $55
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