
Community Presentation
The community presentation “Attacking the Problem of Implicit Bias in the Real World” will be presented by Thomas Newkirk in the Mt Vernon Middle School District Auditorium.
Thomas Newkirk is a civil rights attorney practicing in Iowa for 30 years. During his career Tom has represented thousands of people, taken numerous cases to trial, and won several verdicts over a million dollars. For the last 15 years his primary focus has been to better understand implicit bias and its harmful effects on persons of color, women, and other protected classes.