TOPICS AND SPEAKERS IN 2007

December 20, 2007

Challenged to Treat People Equally: the Western Shoshone Nation’s Struggle

Rob Lafrentz, Member, Minneapolis-St. Paul Committee on Foreign Relations

October 18, 2007

Challenged to Provide Safe and Adequate Food

Carla Johnson, Vice President of Partner Relations, Second Harvest Heartland and

Colleen Moriarty, Executive Director, Hunger Solutions Minnesota

August 16, 2007

Challenged to Educate Equally

Ann Theisen, Program Associate, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

Emily Farell, Program Associate, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

June 21, 2007

Challenged to Provide Healthcare for All

Kirk Allison, Executive Director, Program in Human Rights and Health, University of Minnesota

Mark Anderson, Executive Director, Barbara Schneider Foundation

Joe Carlile, District Outreach Specialist, Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s Office

April 19, 2007

Challenged to Provide Adequate Housing

Mayra Gómez, Housing and Property Restitution Programme Coordinator, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)

Bret Thiele, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Litigation Programme Coordinator, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)

February 8, 2007

Human Rights and National Security

Gabor Rona, International Legal Director, Human Rights First

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS IN 2005

December 15, 2005

Developing Power: Women’s Human Rights

Arvonne Fraser, Senior Fellow Emerita, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute

October 20, 2005

Teetering on Extinction: The Anuak Genocide in Ethiopia

Doug McGill, Freelance Writer

Obang Okello, Activist

August 18, 2005

Bias in Minnesota

Katherine Fennelly, Professor of Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute

Sarah Herder, Intern, Children’s Defense Fund-MN

Laura Provinzino, Wellstone Legal Fellow, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

June 16, 2005

Unaccompanied Children and Immigration: What Happens to the Children?

Kathleen A. Moccio, Director of Pro Bono Development, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Susan Schmidt, Research Coordinator, “Seeking Asylum Alone” project

April 21, 2005

The Treatment of Immigrants & Refugees under Minnesota Law:  Dreams and Reality

Mario Alberto Hernandez, Management Analyst, Chicano Latino Affairs Council

Jorge Saavedra, Chief Legal Officer, Centro Legal, Inc.

February 17, 2005

Representing Muslim-Americans in a Post 9/11 World

Imani Jaafar-Mohammad, Board Member, Islamic Resource Group

Michele Garnett McKenzie, Refugee & Immigrant Program Director, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

Laura Provinzino, Wellstone Legal Fellow, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights