Testimony Nadine Cohen, Staff Counsel, Boston Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Hazel Dukes, President, New York State Conference of NAACP branches Margaret Fung, Executive Director, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Jose Garcia, Policy Analysis and Advocacy Coordinator, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) Walter Fields, Director of Political Development, Community Service Society of New York Senator David Paterson, New York State Minority Leader Martin Perez, President, Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey Joseph Rich, Director, Fair Housing and Community Development Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Columbina Santiago, Member, New Jersey ACORN Ted Shaw, Director of Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Carlos Zayas, Community Activist, Redding, PA Charles Walton, Director for Special Programs, Community College of Rhode Island; former Rhode Island Senator Dolores Watson, Member, Long Island, NY ACORN Back to main page   Southern Regional Hearing Montgomery, Alabama March 11, 2005 Southwest Regional Hearing Phoenix, AZ April 7, 2005 Northeast Regional Hearing New York, New York June 14, 2005 Midwest Regional Hearing Minneapolis, Minnesota July 22, 2005 South Georgia Hearing Americus, Georgia August 2, 2005 Florida Hearing Orlando, Florida 80th National Convention of the National Bar Association August 4, 2005 South Dakota Hearing Rapid City, South Dakota September 9, 2005 Western Regional Hearing Los Angeles, California September 27, 2005 Mid-Atlantic Regional Hearing Washington, DC October 14, 2005 Mississippi Hearing Jackson, Mississippi October 29, 2005