Morris Dees 

This site is intended to serve as a guide to materials related to the work of Morris Dees, with special emphasis on books and other materials found in the STCC Library. This guide was created to help promote Morris Dees' appearance at STCC on Thursday, April 16, 2009.

Attorney Morris Dees will visit STCC on Thursday, April 16, 2009. The event, to be held at 10 a.m. in the Scibelli Hall gymnasium (Building 2), is presented by the STCC Diversity Council.

Morris Dees is the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center and is now its chief trial counsel. Dees participates in suing hate groups and mapping new directions for the Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, SPLC is known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.

Community Sponsors of this event are:

American International College

Baystate Health

Black Men of Greater Springfield

Department of Health and Human Services

Mass Mutual Center

Mass Mutual Financial Group

Peoples Bank

Point of View

Springfield College

Unity First

WNEC

WTCC