Friday, September 05, 2014

Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana to speak at Shreveport Rotary Club

Join Red River Rotary on Wednesday, September 10th for a presentation by the Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana Marjorie R. Esman.

ABOUT MARJORIE

Marjorie R. Esman has been Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana since September 2007, after twenty years in the private practice of law. Her law practice focused on copyright and trademark issues, as well as First Amendment litigation concerning the freedom of speech and religion.

Since taking the helm of the ACLU, she has increased the full-time staff from four to six, expanded its lobbying presence in Baton Rouge, and added part-time field staff in Shreveport and Baton Rouge.

In addition to her law degree (Tulane 1987), Esman holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Tulane University (1981) and has taught at Tulane, LSU, and the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette).


She serves on the board of Parkway Partners, a New Orleans organization dedicated to restoring and preserving the green spaces in the city of New Orleans.

719 Common St, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
12:00pm to 1:00pm

For more information please contact Deborah Allen 

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