Creative Movement Lawyering: Collaborating with Grassroots Organizers to Advance An Anti-Poverty Policy Agenda

Advancing a federal anti-poverty policy agenda is not a walk in the park. Come learn from Wasserstein Fellow Michael Santos on how he collaborates with grassroots organizers and blends his experience providing direct legal services and advocating for policy changes at the federal level to help create the political will to protect, expand, and advance anti-poverty policies in Washington, DC. Michael will reflect on the skills he learned as a former eviction defense attorney and as an advocate working to increase access to justice for vulnerable communities living in poverty.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP below. Open to the HLS community.

Michael Santos is the Associate Director at RESULTS Educational Fund where he works with passionate grassroots advocates to influence political decisions on critical federal housing policies that will bring an end to poverty. Prior to joining RESULTS, Michael was an eviction defense attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid. His prior work focused on advocating for homeless youth access to education through public education, impact litigation, and policy advocacy. Michael Santos has had a long history of working on the rights of low-income and underrepresented communities through the Department of Health and Human Services, the Clinton Foundation, and various non-profit organizations. He currently chairs the American Bar Association’s Commission on Homelessness & Poverty. Michael graduated from Brown University with a double concentration in Biomedical Engineering and Ethnic Studies. He received his JD from University of Southern California Gould School of Law and is admitted to the California, New York, and District of Columbia state bars.

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