DeNora Getachew

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Assisted Executive Director of the Center for Educational Equity in developing and executing a national amicus brief strategy in connection with the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode ( Smith, J.) in Cook v. Raimondo, a case seeking to establish a constitutional rights-based focus on education to ensure civic preparation and achieve educational equity, Discussed the importance of the Cook case, civics education and saving a democracy in peril with a broad range of local and national civic education, civic rights organizations, educators, researchers, scholars and public officials; and Identified and partnered with law firms to secure pro-bono support for civic educators, civic organizations, civil rights organizations, scholars and others to prepare and submit amicus briefs to the First Circuit Court of Appeals to support the appeal of the District Court’s decision in Cook v. Raimondo.