We invite you to the 2025 Detroit & Michigan NLG Chapter Legacy Dinner.
The event is Saturday, May 17, 2025, 6:00 - 9:00 PM at UAW Local 600, 10550 Dix Ave, Dearborn, MI, 48120.
You can purchase tickets for the event here.
We are excited to announce this year's honorees, Attorney and NLG board member and longtime member Denise Heberle, Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids, and the People's Sound.
This event is an opportunity for us to gather and celebrate the work of our colleagues and the organization. In the face of fascism, our work becomes more important than ever, as does honoring those who have committed themselves to movements for social justice.
We are also excited to welcome our keynote speaker, writer, lawyer, and activist Andrea Ritchie.
You can purchase tickets for the event here.
Andrea Ritchie is the author of Practicing New Worlds: Abolition & Emergent Strategies, Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color and co-author of Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women, Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States, and the forthcoming No More Police: A Case for Abolition. Her movement work spans two decades. She co-founded the Interrupting Criminalization initiative with Mariame Kaba, as well as the In Our Names Network, a network of over 20 organizations working to end police violence against Black women, girls, trans and gender nonconforming people. She currently hosts the Invest/Divest Learning Communities at the Community Resource Hub and supports dozens of organizations across the US working to divest from policing and invest in community safety. She has authored numerous research reports, articles, and opinion pieces on policing, criminalization, mass incarceration, and immigration enforcement. Ritchie was lead counsel in Tikkun v. City of New York, challenging unlawful searches of transgender people in police custody, and has since supported organizations across the country in developing policies around police interactions with women and LGBTQ people. She also served as co-counsel to the Center for Constitutional Rights in Doe v. Jindal.
We hope to see you at the 2025 Detroit & Michigan National Lawyers Guild legacy dinner!
If you cannot attend in person, but would still like to support our organization, you can sponsor a ticket for an activist or make a one-time donation.
You can purchase tickets for the event here, sponsor an activist, or purchase an advertisement in our digital program.
Please direct any questions to our chapter administrator, Cherise Morris at administrator@michigannlg.org.
