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Open to the public!!!!!!
UTLA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE
Human Rights and The Environment
Speakers Panels Films Workshops Vendors Performers
for complete schedule and workshop descriptions
http://home.earthlink.net/~utlahrc.
FRIDAY APRIL 21: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
SATURDAY APRIL 22: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Follow-up salary point meeting Saturday, May 20, 10 AM-12 noon
FRIDAY PLENARY:
RACE MATTERS
Human Writes Project: AfroLatinoguistics:
When Black is Brown
Featuring:
Mark Gonzales, Besskepp, Skim,
Gabriela Garcia Medina and Jade Ross
SATURDAY PLENARY
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Filmmaker, Activist;
Adam Shapiro
with the film Darfur Diaries
Along with: Laila Al-Marayati M.D., Joan Jones Holtz, David Klein, Dick
Platkin, Ben Rosenbloom, Kitty Kroger, Jennifer Grimm, Garrick Ruiz,
Wafa Shami, Gregory Sotir, Rosemary Lee, Roselva Ungar, Patrick Bonner,
Ethan and Michael Matsuda, Susan Dubin, Rachel Bruhnke, Garrick Ruiz,
Chito Quijano, Andy Griggs, Sergio Monteiro, Miri Hunter Ha Ruach, Susan
Stone, Joe Maizlish, Franklin Arburtha, Michael Mabry, Charles Porter,
Rachel Brunhke, Steve Seal, Emma Rosenthal, Adele Wallace, Meleiza
Figueroa, Gene Warren, Lisa Lubow, Don White and others.
United Teachers Los Angeles
3303 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 2nd Floor Auditorium
Corner of Wilshire and Berendo. Parking structure on Berendo
1 salary point - Multicultural General
For more information:
UTLA Human Rights Conference Contact: Janice Luna 213-368-6232,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit http://home.earthlink.net/~utlahrc.
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Type of registration (check one):
___Entire conference including all plenaries - $45.00
___Group registration: 4 for the price of 3 (enclose all in one envelope)
___Student and low income - $10.00
(3 meals included in the registration fee)
To ATEND ONE OR BOTH PLENARIES ONLY:
___5:00 PM Friday Race Matters Plenary, including dinner (reservations
required for dinner.) - $15
___3:00 PM Saturday Afternoon Plenary: Darfur Diaries with Film Maker:
Adam Shapiro - $10
Please mail registration and check payable to UTLA Human Rights Committee
c/o Janice Luna, 3303 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010
Do not register by email. Registration by mail only!!
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, April 21 4:00-8:00
4:00 PM: Registration, Networking and Vendors, Film: Fed Up
5:00: Welcome from UTLA President A. J. Duffy
5:15 PM: Dinner
6:00 PM: Race Matters: Human Writes Project: AfroLatinoguistics: When
Black is Brown
Featuring: Mark Gonzales, Besskepp, (Sarah Kim) Skim, Gabriela Garcia
Medina and Jade Ross
Saturday, April 22 8:00 am- 6:00 pm
8:00 AM: Late Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking and Vendors
Workshops Session 1
8:30-10:00
Workshops Session 2
10:10- 11:40
Lunch Plenary:
11:40 - 1:35 lunch and plenary
Plenary: Gyn-Ecology: Reproductive Rights, Population Control, Eugenics
and Education
Featuring: Laila Al Marayati, Emma Rosenthal, Joan Jones Holtz, Don White
Workshops
Session 3
1:45-3:15 workshops
Closing Plenary 3:20 - 5:20
Film: Darfur Diaries
And keynote speaker: Adam Shapiro
5:20 - 5:30 Discussion of Salary Point requirements
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Saturday May 20, 2006
10 am- 12 pm
Salary Point Project Follow-up
Led by Andy Griggs, Linda Baughn and Emma Rosenthal
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Workshops Session 1
8:30-10:00
A: Katrina and Iraq: How the Crisis in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf
Coast are Related and What You Can Do About Them
Led by: David Klein, Dick Platkin and Ben Rosenbloom
B: Peak Oil and Human Rights
Led by Kitty Kroger Rhythm
C; Can Marine Protected Areas and Society Co-Exist
Led by Jennifer Grimm
D: Water, Land, Olive Trees and Memory
Led by Garrick Ruiz and Wafa Shami
E: Connection: a survey of rhythms and drums from around the world
Led by Miri Hunter Ha Ruach
Film Studio: A Program of the UTLA Human Rights Committee and ¡Café
Intifada!
Led by Steve Seal and Emma Rosenthal
Feature Films: Defending the Sacred Ward Valley Film Project Collaboration
And
In the Light of Reverence
Workshops Session 2
10:10 -11:40 workshops
A: Climate Change Implications: How Can We Prepare Ourselves and Our Youth
Led by Gregory Sotir
B: Human Writes: Utilizing Creative Language to Promote Social Justice
Led by Mark Gonzalez
C: Cuba's Ecological Challenges
Led by Rosemary Lee and Roselva Ungar
D. The North Pole is Sinking
Led by Ethan and Michael Matsuda
Film Studio: A Program of the UTLA Human Rights Committee and ¡Café
Intifada!
Led by Steve Seal and Emma Rosenthal
Feature Film: Crossing the Line (Voices of Palestinians and Israelis)
Workshops Session 3
1:45-3:15 workshops
A; Sustainability: Governmental, Private and Indigenous Models
Panel discussion with: Susan Dubin, Garrick Ruiz, Rachel Bruhnke and
Chito Quijano
Moderated by Andy Griggs
B: Toxic Playground
Led by: Franklin Arburtha, Michael Mabry, Charles Porter
C: Colombia's Ethnic Minorities Resist Environmental Devastation
Led by Patrick Bonner
D: Finding Empowerment in an Age of Resource Depletion
Led by Susan Stone and Joe Maizlish
E. What is Wrong With Radiation, How it Affects Us: The Case of
Depleted Uranium Used in Ammunition
Led by: Sergio Monteiro
Film Studio: A Program of the UTLA Human Rights Committee and ¡Café
Intifada!
Led by Steve Seal and Emma Rosenthal
Feature Film: The Future of Food
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