BARRINGTON J. Renn Olenn, a lawyer admired for his wise counsel, compassion and formidable courtroom presence, died Sunday in Naples, Florida, where he had retired part-time with his wife, Mary.
Olenn, 76, founded the Warwick firm Olenn & Penza LLP in 1975, with his good friend and partner Joseph F. Penza Jr.
Former colleagues and friends remembered Olenn this week as an intellectually curious, laser-focused man who left no stone unturned when it came to advocating for his clients.
“He never mailed it in,” said Superior Court Presiding Justice Alice B. Gibney, who sat for the bar exam with Olenn and Penza and became fast and abiding friends. “He was a tough cookie, but very, very soft spoken.”
William C. Lamar, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi | Source: U.S. Attorneys Office
U.S. Attorney William Lamar announced his resignation effective Feb. 27, 2021.
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 1:55 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
OXFORD, Miss. (WTVA) - The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi announced his resignation Tuesday.
William Lamar has served nearly 30 years for the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorneys Office.
His last day in office will be Feb. 27.
The Justice Department did not provide further details about the reasoning behind his resignation. It has been a privilege and honor to serve as an AUSA and the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi and in the town where I was raised, Lamar stated. While I leave with a bit of a heavy heart, I m so proud of the accomplishments, past, present and future, of our office. It will be left in good hands.
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World’s first ethnomathematics program offered at University of Hawai i The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently encouraged teachers to register for training that encourages ethnomathematics and argues, among other things, that White supremacy manifests itself in the focus on finding the right answer.
An ODE newsletter sent last week advertises a Feb. 21 Pathway to Math Equity Micro-Course, which is designed for middle school teachers to make use of a toolkit for dismantling racism in mathematics. The event website identifies the event as a partnership between California s San Mateo County Office of Education, The Education Trust-West and others.
The undersigned organizations urge the Biden Administration to engage constructively with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The U.S. government’s support for the ICC could help secure justice for victims in situations from Myanmar to Darfur, just as it helped facilitate the February 4 historic conviction of a former leader of an armed rebel group for war crimes and crimes against humanity in northern Uganda.
Renowned for reimagining historical buildings as well as innovative new construction,
Bruner/Cott Architects recently completed an adaptive reuse conversion of the
Swift Gold Leaf Factory in Northeast Hartford, a disinvested Connecticut community. Once the economic heart of its neighborhood employing over 300 people at its peak, the factory closed in 2005 as production waned, leaving residents unemployed. Decades of systemic challenges drove unemployment to 25% and left nearly half of the population living below the poverty line, leading to its HUD Promise Zone designation in 2015.
Working with non-profit partner
Community Solutions (NYC), dedicated to find a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind, Bruner/Cott has reimagined the former factory’s historical buildings and two homes dating from 1887 to 1948 into a venue generating opportunities for job creation and training, educating youth, improving resident health, and spurring economic growth.