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Rebecca Kelly-Golfman is dedicated to building a more equitable world through community connection, information sharing, self-reflection, and uplifting the counter-narrative. Her background as a civil rights attorney, educator, and artist provide a unique foundation for her facilitation practice.  She earned her Juris Doctorate from University of Connecticut School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Performance from Wagner College. 

​Rebecca is licensed to practice law in New York State. 

previous Programs

Adjunct Professor, Wagner College: Race, the Arts, & Activism, ​Staten Island, NY

Adjunct Professor,  American University Washington College of Law: Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, Washington, DC

Foursquare: ​Unconscious Bias, People of Color Caucus, New York, NY

The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation: Racial Justice Facilitator, New York, NY

Whitney Museum of American Art: Racial Justice Facilitator, New York, NY

Lincoln Center Theater: Community Conversation for "Pass Over" by Antoinette Nwandu, New York, NY

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater: Community Conversation for "Until the Flood" by Dael Orlandersmith, New York, NY
 

Staten Island Arts: De-Centering Whiteness in Artistic Practice, Staten Island, NY

The Hope Reichbach Fund: Building Leadership Skills for Social Justice Work, New York, NY

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American Bar Association, Division of Public Education, National Civics and Law Academy, Do You Have a Warrant?: The Fourth Amendment, Washington, DC

Georgetown University, 
Summer Law Institute
: The First Amendment and Learning Legal Analysis, Washington, DC

The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism: Identifying and Challenging Colorblind Racism, New York, NY 

Kroka Expeditions: De-Centering Whiteness in Outdoor Education, Marlow, NH

Open Hearts:  Artists' Community Connection in Dismantling Racism, New York, NY

Wagner College: The Politicization of Black Hair, Staten Island, NY

Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets: The Fourth Amendment and Police Interaction: Know Your Rights,  Crown Heights, NY

Justice Community Plus: The Way of Life?- Challenging Stereotypes of Black Male Youth and Brooklyn Through the Arts, Crown Heights, NY

Black Women's Blueprint: Emerging Girls Program, Black Women's Liberation in Beyonce's Lemonade (abridged), Brooklyn, NY

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC: Legislative Theatre and Creative Advocacy, Plays- "99 Problems" and "A Day in the Life", Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets, New York, NY 

Global Kids- Curtis High School:  Equal Protection Clause & Rights of Undocumented Youth in School, Staten Island, NY

Chicago Coalition for Fairness in School Discipline, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: School-to-Prison Pipeline, Implicit Bias in Education, Record Expungement, and Parent Guide to Navigating the School System,  Chicago, IL

Parental Readiness and Empowerment Program, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: The School-to-Prison Pipeline,  Arlington, VA

UConn Law Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, Bulkeley High School: Structure of Government, Fourth Amendment, and Oral Advocacy, Hartford, CT 

Girl Be Heard, Understanding Consent, Brooklyn, NY
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Will O'Hare Photography

presentations

Moderator: Unbecoming Film Release, The Prisoner Reentry Institute and The Prison Window Media Project at John Jay College of Criminal Justice,  New York, NY

Facilitator and Panel Speaker: Diversity and Inclusion- Addressing and Overcoming Implicit Bias in Bar Leadership, 46th Annual Meeting of the New England Bar Association, The Study at Yale Hotel 

Keynote Speaker: UConn School of Law, Pathways to Legal Careers: An Access and Opportunity Pipeline Program

Panel Speaker:  15th Annual American Bar Association National Conference: Children and the Law, 2013, Promising Strategies to Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline  

Keynote Speaker: UConn School of Law, Using the Law to Challenge the Status Quo, Hartford, CT

Panel Moderator: From Books to Cuffs- LGBTQ Youth & the School to Prison Pipeline, American University Journal of Gender Social Policy & the Law Symposium, The Criminalization of LGBTQ Youth, A Call to Action

​Panel Speaker: In Theory- Activist Talk Back, WOW Cafe Theatre, New York, NY

Co-Symposium Producer: One Nation Under Law: How the Law Impacts the Muslim-American Experience,  Public Interest Law Journal, Hartford, CT

publications

  • Watch, Act, Vote: The Impact of TONYC LegislativeTheatre on New York City Policy and Civic Engagement, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, 2018
  • Actors as Activists! Canvassing 101,Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, 2017
  • ​4 Ways to Increase the Activism in Your Artivism, 2016
  • Exposing the Myths Opposing Restorative Discipline in Oakland Unified School District​, ED Equity Blog Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2012
  • The Dream Act, An Advocate Guide, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2011​​​

HONORS

  • The Diversity and International Action Council Award for Diversity and Inclusion, Wagner College
  • George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Legal Fellow, The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Catalyst for Change Award, American University Washington College of Law
  • Public Interest Law Award, University of Connecticut School of Law 
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