The Gooden Center For Law, Media, Policy & Historic Preservation
The Gooden Center’s mission is to educate, inform and organize our community by conducting research and analysis; to help shape public debate on major policy issues by publishing books, reports and other documents; to facilitate civic awareness and engagement through symposia and conferences; to offer strategies and policy guidance to elected and appointed officials, with a focus on people of color, especially African Americans and to work across racial and ethnic boundaries to uplift our society as a whole.
Local Attorney and author Karen Gooden discusses her publication about female lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly.
Available now in The Gooden Center’s Bookstore
“A UNIQUE BOOK THAT WILL ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIVERSE AND IMPRESSIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY’S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.”
Rule of Law
Law is a foundational element of our society and the Rule of Law is the critical framework within which the law functions to ensure and advance the well being of all citizens.
“A lawyer’s a social engineer or he is a parasite on society.”
Media Platforms
We embrace a robust presence on various social media platforms, including but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. The Center invites the community to engage in discussions on these platforms, and gain new insights on social and political issues through our communication channels. We will also employ social media to promote symposia and conferences that are facilitated by the Center in conjunction with our community leaders and scholars.
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous.”
Policy
We provide thorough research and analysis about the underlying policies associated with social, political, educational, and historical issues. Our mission is to provide thought leadership to policymakers that result in positive changes in society at the local, state, and national levels.
“Whether you have a Ph. D., or no D, we’re in this bag together. And whether you are from Morehouse or Nohouse, we’re still in this bag together...
People have got to get together and work together.”
Historic Preservation
The Center focuses on research, documentation, authentication, preservation and publication of information pertaining to the history of all individuals, with special focus on people of color and women.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”