Second Annual Symposium of the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy
Remarks and all the sessions from the 14th Amendment Center’s second annual symposium, “That the Work This Time Shall Finally Be Done: The 14th Amendment and the Next Refounding.”
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The second annual symposium of the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy, held at the Howard University School of Law on April 10, 2026, brought together students, activists, artists, journalists, and scholars for conversations and calls to action about how the 14th Amendment can be a catalyst for a new Refounding.
All five sessions in “That the Work This Time Shall Finally Be Done: The 14th Amendment and the Next Refounding,” led by Prof. Sherrilyn Ifill, can be watched at the YouTube links below, together with remarks and presentations by law students in Prof. Ifill’s 14th Amendment seminar.
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Opening Remarks
“Planting the Seeds for a New American Democracy,” by Sherrilyn Ifill
Session 1
“After the Argument: Birthright Citizenship, the 14th Amendment & the Supreme Court,” featuring Madiba Dennie, Deputy Editor and Senior Contributor, Balls and Strikes; Mark Joseph Stern, Senior Writer, Slate; Nana Gyamfi, Executive Director, Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
Session 2
“The 14th Amendment and the Future of Voting Rights,” featuring Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel, Legal Defense Fund; Jamie Raskin, U.S. Congressman, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Professor of Law Emeritus at American University Washington College of Law; Wilfred U. Codrington III, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law and co-director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at Cardozo School of Law.
Session 3
“Exploring Alternative Concepts of Equality in Constitution Making,” featuring Governor Deval Patrick, Senior Partner, the Vistria Group; Dr. Nathalie Frédéric Pierre, Assistant Professor of History, Howard University.
Session 4
“Artists’ Roundtable: Sustaining Artistic Imagination and Visions of Justice,” featuring Camoghne Felix, Poet, Scholar, and Organizer; Sade Lythcott Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre; Anna Glass, Executive Director, Dance Theater of Harlem; Dr. Sarah Lewis, Art Historian, Author, and Founder, Vision & Justice.
Session 5
“Winning the Narrative War This Time: Overcoming the New Lost Cause, Disinformation, and the Suppression of Truth,” featuring Tiffany Brewer, Assistant Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law; Dr. Benjamin Talton, Executive Director of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center and Professor in the Department of History at Howard University; Deborah Menkhart, Co-Director, Zinn Education Project; Yolanda Wisher, Senior Curator, Monuments Lab.
More Images from Our Second Annual Symposium
Image: Phocal Vision.
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Image: Phocal Vision.
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To learn more about the 14th Amendment Center’s year-in-review for 2025 and the road ahead for 2026, click here. And to check out other events and resources related the 14th Amendment and the Center, click here.