International Women’s Day 2023 On #InternationalWomensDay, Lien Tran published an op ed in New Thinking Magazine entitled “Leveraging Tech to Address Gender-Based Violence Impactfully” on how emerging tech, including the VR simulation “A Just Reality” project, can fill a major gap in essential skills training for law enforcement who respond to and investigate sexual assault & domestic… Continue reading International Women’s Day op ed on virtual reality for a just and real-world reality
Category: Social Justice
Emerging technology’s role for telling critical Asian American history
Professor Lien Tran is part of DePaul University’s 2022-23 The OpEd Project’s Public Voices fellowship. Professor Tran’s first op ed entitled “Lunar New Year Offers a Chance to Reflect on Asian American History“, was published in VISIBLE magazine ahead of Lunar New Year on January 22, 2023. In this op ed, Tran shares examples for how… Continue reading Emerging technology’s role for telling critical Asian American history
Poor Not Guilty Challenges featured as a National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) resource
Matters at Play collaborated with several subject matter stakeholders on the creation of Poor Not Guilty: Fines and Fees Challenge, including the National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC). The challenge is now available on the NHLC’s website along with a suggested Street Law lesson plan. The Fines & Fees Challenge is an interactive educational tool based on a… Continue reading Poor Not Guilty Challenges featured as a National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) resource
Rethinking GBV Training for Law Enforcement
Lien Tran was invited and presented at the international Gender Justice and Human Rights Symposium organized by and held at University of Miami School of Law on April 21-22, 2022, with financial travel support from UN Women. Tran joined a seasoned panel of international retired and active members of law enforcement from International Association of Women Police (IAWP, International… Continue reading Rethinking GBV Training for Law Enforcement
UM Law’s HRC challenges you to “Buckle Up”
Click here to play the ‘Buckle Up’ #PoorNotGuilty Challenge to learn more about how minor traffic violations perpetuate the cycle of poverty in the U.S.: https://t.co/2Mx814zeAC@homeless_law @FinesandFeesJC @LienT @EricTars pic.twitter.com/49kMM7heO4 — UM Law Human Rights (@UMLawHRC) October 1, 2021 M@P was fortunate to collaborate with a dedicated team of human rights advocates and legal experts… Continue reading UM Law’s HRC challenges you to “Buckle Up”