WILD Conversations: Addressing Systemic Racism in Community Safety with Isabella Nascimento, ACLU of Minnesota

In May, following the tragic killing of George Floyd, TCDIP’s Emerging Leaders Group launched WILD, the Wanton Injustice Legal Detail. Focused on six areas of systemic racial inequality, WILD's mission is to harness the collective power of TCDIP’s membership to remedy systemic anti-Black racism in the Twin Cities by partnering with and amplifying the work of existing community organizations. Through our WILD Conversations series, TCDIP will provide opportunities for you to learn more about WILD’s six focus areas. 

Join us for the first WILD Conversations series! Starting in November, this first series will focus on how to address systemic racism in community safety and policing. We will host diverse voices on the issue to allow our community to learn more about the issues and proposed solutions. Currently, the series will feature voices from the Minnesota ACLU, Communities United Against Police Brutality, and government officials who have held positions enforcing anti-discrimination laws and policies and providing oversight of police departments. Additional speakers and dates will be added on an ongoing basis.

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December 1, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Isabella Nascimento

Isabella is a staff attorney who represents clients who have had their civil liberties threatened or violated. Her background is in indigent criminal defense, racial justice, and police accountability. Isabella was born and raised in Minnesota, to two immigrant parents from Brazil. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as a student attorney in both the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic and the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project. Isabella previously interned with the Legal Rights Center, a public defender organization in Minneapolis, the Bronx Defenders, in New York, and the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, in Chicago. When she is not fighting for civil liberties, she enjoys spending time with her family, her son, Mateo, and her puppy, Rafi.