Forum with the United States Attorneys Office/DOJ

 

I am very happy to be able to share with you that representatives from the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) in the Department of Justice have accepted our offer to participate in a community forum with members of the DC LGBT community.  The purpose of this forum is to share ideas and information, to learn how cases are handled by the USAO, and -- most importantly - to begin an important dialogue that I hope will lead to better trust and communication between the DC LGBT community and the USAO, which prosecutes cases where we are victims.  

 

The Forum will take place on Thursday, November 5 at 6 pm at the Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St., NW.  Attendees from the USAO will include (subject to last-minute availability issues) Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Kevin Flynn (lead prosecutor in the Tony Hunter case), AUSA George Eliopoulis (the Hate/Bias Crimes Case Coordinator for the DOJ), AUSA Kim Her (Chief of the Victim/Witness Assistance Unit), and Albert Herring (Executive Assistant US Attorney for External Affairs and Chair of DC's Hate Crimes Task Force, of which GLOV is a member).

 

To help us gauge attendance, please let me know if you plan to attend, and/or please respond to a soon-to-be posted Facebook event page.

 

Thanks --

Chris Farris <chris@glovdc.org>