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UC Human Rights Fellows Conference Information and Schedule

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Conference Program

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Schedule

November 5, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Home Room, International House

10:00 - 10:15am

Opening Remarks: Camille Crittenden, Executive Director, Human Rights Center
10:15 - 11:30am

Water, Land, and Livelihoods

Faculty Discussant: Gillian Hart, Geography
Andrea Ballestero - Irvine
Daniel Lavelle - Berkeley
Nicole List - Berkeley
Aghaghia Rahimzadeh - Berkeley
11:30am - 12:45pm

Legal and Political Protections

Faculty Discussant: Mary Louise Frampton, Boat Hall School of Law
Ather Zia - Irvine
Viviana Macmanus - San Diego
Rekia Mohammed-Jibrin - Berkeley
Stephen Smith - Berkeley
12:45 - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

Faculty Discussant: Jeff Romm, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley
Camille Pannu – Berkeley
Brian Parker – Hastings
Anonymous – Berkeley
2:30 - 3:45pm Healthy and Safety of Vulnerable Populations

Faculty Discussant: Susan Ivey, UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program
Thomas Blair - Berkeley
Chris Chambers-Ju - Berkeley
Lauren Groth - Berkeley
Evelyn Levine - Hastings
3:45pm - 5:00pm

Media Advocacy for Social Change

Faculty Discussant: Tapan Parikh, School of Information
Judith Joffe-Block - Berkeley
Karl Baumann - Santa Cruz
Carolina Fuentes - Santa Cruz
Daniel Cooney - Berkley
5:00 - 6:00pm Reception

Poster Session

Concurrent
Ida and Robert Sproul Rooms, International House

Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter, Public Policy, UC Berkeley - Improving the Normative Framework for Safeguards Against Development-Induced Displacement: Experiences in Cambodia and India

Britta Gray, Medical Anthropology, UCSF/UC Berkeley - The Right to Both: Solving the Maternal Health Crisis in Chiapas, Mexico

Ryan Lincoln, Law, UC Berkeley - Land Rights and Legal Aid: Advocacy for Vulnerable Populations in Rwanda

Sara Moore, Public Policy/IAS, UC Berkeley - The Human Rights and Equity Implications of Climate Change Planning: Rising Tides Don't Lift All Boats

Nina Smart, Sociology, UC Irvine - Resisting World Polity Transmission: The Silence on the Glocalization of Anti-FGM Legislature in the Parliament of Sierra Leone

Andrea Vandom, Political Science, UC Irvine - YOU Can Take Action

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The Human Rights Fellowship Program is supported by Thomas J. White and Leslie Scalapino, the Tang Opportunity Fund, the UC Office of the President, and the UC Berkeley School of Law.