# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: A community dinner series designed around a simple but powerful premise: that communities learn better together when they eat together.About this EventCommunities learn better when they eat together.Toward Equitable Futures is a community dinner series designed around a simple but powerful premise: that communities learn better together when they also eat together. Please join the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures and our community partners for catered dinners and public forums that brings together faculty, students, researchers, and Ithaca residents around shared food and shared inquiry. Each dinner features a 30-minute presentation followed by a moderated panel discussion. At their core, the dinners are an investment in community-rooted relationship-building that makes justice work possible.The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power MattersJamila Michener will share insights from research rooted in the experiences of ordinary people and based on her recent book, Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power. Jamila Michener is a professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University, and the inaugural director of the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures. She studies poverty, racism, and public policy, with a particular focus on health and housing. She is author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics (Cambridge University Press) and Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power (Princeton University Press). She works closely with community-based organizations around the country to apply research insights to address urgent problems facing racially and economically marginalized communities.This dinner will take place from 6–8pm at Southside Community Center (305 S Plain St). Catered dinner will be provided free of charge. Please register in advance and let us know if you have any food allergies we should be aware of.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ithaca/the-law-is-not-enough-why-people-power-matters-feat-jamila-michener/100002000493816858
- **Event Categories**: business, health-wellness, art, literary-art
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ithaca
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Southside Community Center
- **lat**: 42.4375066
- **long**: -76.5036394
- **full address**: Southside Community Center, 305 South Plain Street, Ithaca, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener being held?
  - **A:** The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener takes place on Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Southside Community Center, 305 South Plain Street, Ithaca, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener?
  - **A:** The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener is organized by Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures's events?
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- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ithaca, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Law is Not Enough: Why People Power Matters, feat. Jamila Michener sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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