Program on our Local Court System hosted by The Temple’s Social Justice Committee

On Thursday, December 16th at 1 PM, our guest speaker will be Dawn Deaner, Founder and Executive Director of the Choosing Justice Initiative. Before launching CJI in 2018, Ms. Deaner spent 10 years as the Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee and 11 years before that as an Assistant Public Defender in Nashville. Join us for this important discussion on Nashville's Local Court System, how we select our judges and how we are impacted by the decisions they make. Zoom link and registration below.

Please register in advance for this program. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuioqj4iGdWrkyd_qvxVyUGYoD8wFy9D

We are about to begin another critical year for voters in 2022, with primary elections held in May, county elections in August, and state/national elections in November. Some of the most important votes we will cast as Nashvillians will be for General Sessions and Criminal Court judges Despite the fact that all our lives are somehow impacted by those who sit on the bench our judicial elections have had an historically low turnout at the polls. To make our votes the most informed and educated as possible, and so that we may then encourage others to participate in our judicial elections, we will be having a virtual community conversation about Nashville's local court system.