W. Warren H. Binford is an internationally recognized children's rights scholar and advocate who holds a tenured position as Professor of Law and serves as the Director of the Clinical Law Program at Willamette University. Professor Binford was a principal witness of the inhumane conditions of children at the detention center in Clint, TX, and helped to bring this issue to the media.

Spark Church & Congregation Etz Chayim hosted Professor Binford for a joint worship service in which she shared first-hand witness experiences of the children and families detained at the Clint and Ursula Detention Facilities.