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Join us for a day of panels where summer 2025 participants in the Human Rights Internship program share their experiences working for human rights. Learn about the many forms human rights work can take – and get tips for your own internship.
panel SCHEDULE
PANEL ONE: 9:10 - 10:10 am – Immigrant rights and Incarceration
Facilitator: Emmah Wabuke, Assistant Instructional Professor and Director of Practice, Human Rights
Viviana Hilario / Lawyers for Children (Socioeconomic Justice)
Ariel Trejo / Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Education Equity)
Virginia Vazquez-Azpiri / Mil Mujeres Legal Services (Immigrant/Refugee Rights)
Tamar Chavel / Jerusalem African Committee (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Racial Justice, Socioeconomic Justice)
Alyssa Pillar-Kellman / Correctional Association of NY (Mass Incarceration)
PANEL TWO: 10:25 - 11:25 am – Advocacy in Immigration, Incarceration, and Corporate Accountability
Facilitator: Kathleen Cavanaugh, Senior Instructional Professor and Pozen Center Executive Director
Marty Cowherd / Southern Center for Human Rights (Mass Incarceration, Racial Justice)
Nina Clark / Children's Legal Center (Immigrant/Refugee Rights)
Seri Welsh / Corporate Accountability Lab (Socioeconomic Justice)
Sonia Bradley / Los Angeles District Attorney's Office Justice Conviction Review Unit (Mass Incarceration)
Ruby Martinez / Committee on the Administration of Justice (Socioeconomic Justice)
Emma Lin / World Relief / Neighbors United for Mutual Support Legal Aid Clinic (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Healthcare)
PANEL THREE: 11:40 am - 12:40 pm – Socioeconomic, Educational, and Environmental Justice
Facilitator: Ishani Dasgupta, Assistant Instructional Professor, Human Rights
Sara Romai / Libraries without Borders (Socioeconomic Justice, Reproductive Justice)
Valentina Carreno / Literacy Chicago (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Racial Justice, Socioeconomic Justice, Education Equity)
Kiana Farkash / Forging Opportunities for Refugees (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Education Equity)
Vaani Kapoor / Energy Policy Institute / Power One Energy Company (Environmental Justice)
Aimee Stachowiak / Global Human Rights Clinic, UChicago Law School (Mass Incarceration, Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Environmental Justice)
Ruby Velez / Ya'axché Conservation Trust (Environmental Justice)
PANEL FOUR: 1:50 - 2:50 pm - Art, Research, and Social Change
Facilitator: María de los Ángeles Aguilar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Human Rights
Paolo Diaz Andrade / intangible institute (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Socioeconomic Justice)
Shika Mrema / Art Works Projects (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Racial Justice, Socioeconomic Justice)
Juan Simon Angel / Corioli Institute (Socioeconomic Justice)
Leena Sfar / Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab (Healthcare)
Lia Guerrero / Hispanic Alliance for Career Advancement (HACE) (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Education Equity)
Ben Fica / Equality Utah (LGBTQ+ Rights)
PANEL FIVE: 3:05 - 4:05 pm – Social Work, Right to Health, and Housing Policy
Facilitator: Adam Avrushin, Pozen Center Deputy Director
Christina Howard / Cabrini Green Legal Aid (Mass Incarceration, Racial Justice)
Ealaf Adam / Maat for Peace and Development (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Environmental Justice, Healthcare)
Wendy Huang / Center for World Indigenous Studies (Racial Justice, Healthcare)
Ameena Ahmed / Civic Consulting Alliance (Housing/Urban Planning and Design)
Stefanny Lopes / Human Rights Watch (Immigrant/Refugee Rights, Racial Justice, Housing/Urban Planning and Design)
Benjamin Wu / Corioli Institute (Socioeconomic Justice)