Job o' the Day: Freedom Riders' Legacy with the SPLC
Fifty years ago today on May 4, 1961, the first bus of Freedom Riders, carrying 13 people — both black and white — set out from Washington, D.C. for New Orleans. These men and women took to America’s interstate buses to challenge the racial segregation that had become institutionalized in so much of the South.
To remember this day, the Job o’ the Day features an opportunity with The Southern Poverty Law Center. The Center’s mission is the advancement and protection of the rights of minorities, the poor, and victims of injustice in significant civil rights and social justice matters.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit legal and educational organization, seeks an attorney/law fellow to join its staff to focus on the educational rights of children, with a focus on immigrant or limited English proficient (LEP) children in the South. This is a new position and will be based in Montgomery, Alabama.
The attorney will be expected to develop and handle cases related to education, particularly related to the rights of immigrant and LEP children and their families in schools throughout the South. Substantial travel may be required.
The attorney will be expected to develop and handle cases related to education, particularly related to the rights of immigrant and LEP children and their families in schools throughout the South. Substantial travel may be required. This position provides the chance to help develop a new area of advocacy for the Center, focusing on equal educational opportunities and language access for immigrant and LEP students. The Southern Poverty Law Center is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people of racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented in legal professions, immigrants, women, lesbian, gay, and transgendered people, and people with disabilities.
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