Institute Policy Counsel Demelza Baer will be a speaking on the panel, Race & Privilege: Raising Consciousness to Address Racial Inequities.  

Baer directs the Institute’s Economic Mobility Initiative.  She previously worked as a Policy Counsel for the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where she worked on racial justice, women’s rights, disability rights, human rights, and criminal justice reform through advocacy before the U.S. Congress and Administrative Agencies.  Before working at the ACLU, Demelza served as an Assistant Counsel for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, where she worked both on civil rights issues for the Subcommittee on the Constitution and on oversight for the full Committee.