VOLS On the Ground Briefing 10/14 - Bill Whalen (DC37)
Channel: Volunteers of Legal Service
Date: 16/10/2020

Bill Whalen, director of DC37's municipal employees legal services (MELS) program, speaks about the VOLS COVID-19 Frontline and Healthcare Workers Initiative, and is introduced by VOLS' Peter Kempner.

Event overview: VOLS community and legal partners share their "on the ground" reports of how the crises facing New York City -- the pandemic, racial injustice, and economic recession -- impact our community and how we are responding, together. Speakers include Ian Benjamin (VOLS), Peter Kempner (VOLS), Denise Vivar (John Jay College Immigrant Student Success Center), Rohit Malik (Citi), Karen Narefsky (United for Small Business NYC), Bill Whalen (DC37), Sara Effron (VOLS), Brenna DeVaney (Skadden), and with a special recognition to outgoing VOLS executive director Marcia Levy (University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law).