Human Rights in Practice Internship Symposium 2022
RegisterSummer 2021 human rights interns will present their fieldwork and internship experiences. Join to hear how they addressed human rights issues and what they learned about human rights practice in their placement.
Panel Schedule:
10:00-11:00am CT: International Human Rights, Foreign Organizations, and Migration
Mari Mirasol, ConTextos and London School of Economics
Conrad Mojica, U.S. Department of State Office of International Religious Freedom
Brenda Castañeda, Sin Fronteras IAP
JV Sena Alencar, Legal Services NYC
Moderator: Rochelle Terman, Assistant Professor of Political Science
11:15-12:15pm CT: Socioeconomic Justice and Housing
Prisca Tuyishime, FXB International [Rwanda Branch]
Kristina Kim, Westside Justice Center
Carlin Smith, The Black Power Station
Livia Miller, UrbanLab
Adelia Davis, Burst into Books
Moderator: Adam Avrushin, Deputy Director, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
12:30-1:30pm CT: Nonprofits, Law, and Legal Services
Cas Crevecoeur, The Advocates for Human Rights
Allie Goldblatt, International Organization for Adolescents: National Human Trafficking and Disabilities Working Group
Zoe Torrey, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Will Jaffe, Physicians for Human Rights
Eugen Craciunescu, People's Lobby Environmental Justice Task Force
Moderator: Jennifer Mosley, Associate Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work
1:45-2:45pm CT: Immigration and Refugees
Sabrina Slagowitz, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
Wahid Al Mamun, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME)
Amala Karri, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Louisa Silverman, Latino Policy Forum
Emma Reilly, International Rescue- Asylum & Protection team
Jonah Kaye, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Moderator: Lindsay Gifford, Assistant Research Professor, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
3:00-4:00pm CT: Racial Justice and Mass Incarceration
Miranda Zhang, SKDK
Anneliese Merry, Illinois Prison Project
Catherine Mafa, Witness to Innocence
Chase Leito, NAACP
Moderator: Maria Dikcis, ACLS Mass Incarceration and Policing Fellow