Bet Tzedek - Legal Services with a Difference

Diego Cartagena, President and CEO of Bet Tzedek, will explain how their services move social justice forward.

The meeting will take place via Zoom.

About Bet Tzedek

Bet Tzedek attorneys and advocates help people of all communities and generations secure life’s necessities. Wherever people are in crisis, Bet Tzedek’s core services and rapid response programs provide stability and hope.

Speaker

Diego Cartagena, President and CEO of Bet Tzedek, is widely recognized as a national leader in legal service delivery model design. At Bet Tzedek, this work has included the launch of Bet Tzedek’s Small Business Legal Academies and the Rapid Response: Family Preparedness Project, which served more than 20,000 undocumented parents facing threats of deportation in 2017. This work garnered Bet Tzedek the Judicial Council of California’s Distinguished Service Award, marking the first time in 25 years that the award was bestowed on a recipient from outside the judiciary.