Conference
2012 Human Rights Fellows Conference
November 1, 2012 | 10am-6pm
Home Room, International House
2299 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA
The
UC Human Rights Fellows Conference brings together researchers and
advocates to present their work on cutting edge human rights projects. Fellows from 7 U.C. campuses will report on their fieldwork in Angola,
Brazil, Laos, Mexico, Paraguay, Tanzania, and multiple locations in the U.S. We hope you can join us for this inspiring event. Free and open to the public.
9:00-10:00 AM – BREAKFAST
10:15-11:30AM – (MIS)INFORMATION: THE POLITICS OF TRUTH
- Catalina Hernandez – Literatures and Cultures, UC Merced * Choices in Childbirth, United States
- Samantha Stevens – Social Documentation, UC Santa Cruz * African Network for Animal Welfare, Tanzania, Kenya
- Leonora Paula – Literature, UC San Diego * Union of Housing Movements in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Divya Vohra and Aidan Tait – Epidemiology and Joint Medical Program, UC Berkeley and UCSF * Population Services International (PSI)-Angola, Luanda, Angola
11:40AM-12:50PM – COLLECTIVE RIGHTS IN TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES
- Anonymous – City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley * Anonymous organization, Paraguay
- Leah Zani – Anthropology, UC Irvine * Mines Advisory Group, Lao PDR
- Gabe Schwartzman – Geography, UC Berkeley * Blair Heritage Alliance, West Virginia, USA
- Hannah Birnbaum – City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley * Detroit Collaborative Design Center, Detroit, USA
1:00-2:00PM – LUNCH BREAK
2:00-2:30PM – KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Dr. Thomas J. White – Human Rights Center Advisory Board
2:30-3:40PM – SEEKING SAFE HAVEN
- Habiba Simjee – Law, UC Berkeley * Casa Cornelia Law Center, San Diego, CA
- Olga Tomchin – Law, UC Berkeley * National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA
- Monica Crooms – Law, UC Davis * Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles - Torture Survivors Project, Los Angeles, CA
- Shane Collins – Global Health Sciences, UC San Francisco * Sexual Violence and Accountability Project, Human Rights Center, Berkeley, CA
3:50-5:00PM – DISCARDED, DETAINED, DISAPPEARED
- Hannah Labaree – Law, UC Davis * Equal Justice Initiative, Montgomery, Alabama
- Nicole Lindahl – Jurisprudence & Social Policy, UC Berkeley * Project Rebound, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
- Anonymous – Law, UC Berkeley * Anonymous Organization, Mexico
- Anonymous – Sociology, UC Berkeley * Anonymous Organization, Colombia