Press release from Asheville-Buncombe County NAACP:
Asheville, NC – Tuesday, August 8th at 6:30pm – 8:00pm Asheville Buncombe County NAACP Special Programming will feature, Keith Howard, J.D., an expert in education law, and in the area of advocating for children that attend public school in the state of North Carolina. His informational presentation titled Know Your Rights will provide tools and resources for advocates of children. A question and answer period will follow the presentation.
The school-to prison-pipeline is real. In these times of little or no tolerance policies in schools, the atmosphere created can mean behavior that once got kids sent to the principal’s office, now often result in children being expelled, suspended and sometimes channeled to authorities – this is a problem nationwide. All reported research confirms black and brown children, in particular, face disparate discipline for similar behavior as white children. The community needs to know how to best support parents and advocates working to save our children from bleak futures!
Members, parents, and those interested in a positive future for our children are encouraged to attend. FREE CHILDCARE will be available.
Courtesy of Asheville-Buncombe County NAACP
Keith Howard is an expert in special education law, student discipline law, bullying, and other education-law related matters. His entire legal career has been dedicated to advocating for the invisible and forgotten of our society. Prior to forming his law firm, he practiced education law with the legal nonprofit, Advocates for Children’s Services, a specialized unit of Legal Aid of N.C., Inc., where he served as a staff attorney for six years. After practicing education law with ACS, Howard transitioned to teaching of law – teaching education law, special education law, student discipline law, and family law.
In addition to practicing and teaching, Attorney Howard has taught Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Requirements and served in key leadership roles in his community. He formerly served as the vice chair of the Durham County Juvenile Justice Prevention Council, co-chair Law-Related Education Section of the North Carolina Bar Association’s (NCBA), Chair NCBA’s Juvenile Justice and Children’s Rights section and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice’s Juvenile Defense Section. Keith Howard holds a J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, and a B.A. from Winston-Salem State University.
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