There is an urgent need for those in the legal community to engage with our responsibility to address the inequities in our justice system.
As system works, we all take part in the creation, conduct and evolution of the justice system in our country. Most people who come to this work begin so with the ideas of equity and fairness. These are the foundational principles of the justice system in America and these are the principles that we must ensure endure.
Race Matters Solutions was formulated based upon the ideology that as legal professionals we must do what we can to blight out inequity and ensure a more just system.
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Lets us help you create Fairness in the Justice System.
Our vision at Race Matters Solution
To impact the hearts, minds and actions of justice system stakeholders, eradicating racism and bias.
Our mission at Race Matters Solution
To teach about bias, to blight bias, and increase equity fairness creating a more just judicial system from within.
Theresa Coney, Esq., an experienced and passionate advocate and thought leader in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion and restorative justice. A lawyer, a race equity trainer, law school and college adjunct professor who has been teaching and training for more than 20 years. Her style of educating around the difficult topics of race, bias and fairness for those engaged in or impacted by the legal profession invites thoughtful conversation, growth and evolution. Theresa engages with the judiciary, bar associations and other stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to address the disparities which exist in our legal systems. A former prosecutor and public defender who lives at the intersection of race and gender with the lived experience of being a mother of a child with mental health challenges and the daughter of a police officer. These experiences allow a perspective and insight into this work which is multi-faceted and invaluable. She wants people to leave her trainings understanding the fluidity of privilege and inspired to do the internal and external work to embrace place consciousness and make our legal system a place where no one is relegated by any barriers as a result of being black, where DEI and black history are embraced as necessary to equity, and where fair and just systems can first be envisioned and then actually achieved.
Our team has the diverse expertise and experience to meet your needs. Lawyers, Counsellors, Police Officers and Educators. We can meet the needs of your organization in all capacities. For more information click TEAM above.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Harvard Defenders – Anti-oppression Addressing Awareness Workshop
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Ambassadors for Racial Justice – The Fight to End Racial Injustice in Defender Offices and Beyond Panel Discussion
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL
Public Interest Program – White Saviorism Workshop
BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Interview on Identity and Bias
CORTLAND UNIVERSITY
Race in Higher Education Panel Discussion
ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
50th Anniversary Learning Innovating Responding Panel Discussion
BAR ASSOCIATION SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION
- 2022 Combating Incidents of Bias in the Workplace, 2022
- 2021 Better Legal Outcomes, Better Life Outcomes: Positive Youth Development and Racial Justice in Practice During COVID-19, 2021
- 2021-23 Newly Admitted Attorney Professionalism Training, 2021, 2022, 2023
- 2022 DEIC Wellness Program Panel
- 2023 Microaggressions in the Workplace: Attracting and Retaining Attorneys of Color Panel
- 2024 The Origins of Restorative Justice; Repairing Harm and Building Community
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