[BES Friends] Tomorrow at Baltimore Ethical Society

[Stephen Meskin]

The first Sunday of March brings a very interesting platform for 
everyone interested in social change.  See below.

The Poetry Group which usually meets on the 1st Sunday, will meet next 
Sunday, March 8.

We will be collecting MOVEABLE TREATS contributions to Moveable Feast 
this Sunday as usual.  Wrap desserts in serving size portions and label 
them. Mark your desserts if they contain nuts. Avoid desserts that have 
heavy icings or that contain alcohol. They will be greatly appreciated 
by those confined to their homes by AIDS and other disabling illness.


10:30 am March 1: *"The Public Justice Center: A Strategy for Social 
Change in the United States" *
by John Nethercut, Executive Director, The Public Justice Center
 
John Nethercut will reflect on how lawyers who are dedicated to social 
justice have evolved in their strategic approaches to attacking poverty 
over the last fifty years. From the early days of the federally funded 
Legal Services Corporation through the restrictions imposed during the 
Reagan/Bush era to the multi-faceted spin-offs of today, lawyers for 
poor people have sought to provide basic legal services for individuals 
and also to represent class interests and support systemic 
change. John's informal history will be leavened by his own experiences 
in a range of social change organizations over his 30+ year career as a 
public interest lawyer.
*      John Nethercut*'s initial work included community boycott 
organizing in Los Angeles for the United Farm Workers and conducting a 
field study in Oaxaca, Mexico while an Anthropology Major at Earlham 
College in Richmond, Indiana. The next decade juxtaposed the ivory tower 
(Harvard Law School) with seven years of street level advocacy as a 
paralegal and lawyer representing farm workers, tenants and tenant 
unions, and community organizations in Indiana, Ohio, and upstate New 
York. Then, as Deputy Chief of the Consumer Protection Division, Office 
of Attorney General of Maryland, John supervised complex litigation 
involving consumer fraud, appeals, legislation, and media and community 
relations. Returning to his roots in nonprofit advocacy, John joined the 
Public Justice Center as Executive Director in 2002. In addition to 
executive duties, John's substantive focus is on coalition building and 
legislative advocacy, including founding the Rental Housing Coalition to 
be the unified voice of tenants in Maryland.

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