• December 3rd (Wednesday)
  
• 3-5pm - International Human Rights Laws
  Location: Hamilton Hall 271, UNC
  Welcome, Judith Blau
  Presider and facilitator, Beth Latshaw
  Panelists:
  ~ Elizabeth Atkinson
  ~ Rafael Gallegos
  ~ Patrice Graham
  ~ Chelsea Sessoms
  *Co-sponsored by Social and Economic Justice Minor, Center for Global Initiatives, Advocates for Human Rights (Campus Y), Extended Disaster Relief (Campus Y), Sociology Department, Parr Center for Ethics.
• 7-9pm - What are human rights?
  Location: Student Union
  Welcome, Rafael Gallegos, Graduate Student, Sociology Department, UNC
  Discussant, Audience Moderator – Deborah Weissman, UNC Law School
  Panelists:
  ~ Shula Koenig, recipient of UN Human Rights Achievement Award, and PDHRE
  ~ Michelle Cotton Laws, NAACP
  ~ Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  ~ Charo Mina Rojas, Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES)
  ~ Pluto Richards, Chapel Hill Carrboro Human Rights Steering Committee
  *Co-sponsored by Social and Economic Justice Minor, Center for Global Initiatives, Advocates for Human Rights (Campus Y), Extended Disaster Relief (Campus Y), Sociology Department, Parr Center for Ethics.

• December 4th (Thursday)
  
• 7-9pm - Building Multigenerational Coalitions
  Location: Homestead Community Center
  Welcome, Chris Ringwalt
  Panelists:
  ~ Patricia Parker, Ella Baker Women’s Center for Leadership and Community Activism
  ~ Youth leaders from EBWC’s activist group
  ~ Striving Sisters Speak!
  *Join members of a multigenerational coalition from the Trinity Court/Pritchard Park neighborhoods to share stories of triumph and challenge in their work for social justice.

• December 5th (Friday)
  
• 8:30-10:30am - Human Rights and the Nonprofit Sector: Service and Advocacy
  Location: Century Center
  Presider and facilitator, Leslie Parkins (UNC APPLES)
  Panelists:
  ~ Kim Knox (NCMSC)
  ~ Krista Park Berry (Orange County Rape Crisis Center)
  ~ Joy MacVane (TABLE)
  ~ Peggy Misch (Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee)
• 12:30-1:30pm - Lucky's Starlight Lounge Jazz Duo
  Location: Century Center
• 1:30-3:30pm - Hidden Voices
  Location: Century Center
  “Whose mission is to challenge, strengthen, and connect our diverse communities through the transformative power of the individual voice."
• 4-6pm - Racial Justice
  Location: Century Center
  Lucy Lewis, Welcome for the Steering Committee
  Presider and facilitator: Graig Meyer
  Panelists:
  ~ Barry Jacobs (Orange County Human Rights Commission)
  ~ Al McSurely (NAACP); ~ Graig Meyer (Blue Ribbon Mentoring Advocates, High School)
  ~ Karolyn Tyson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
  ~ Charo Mina Rojas, Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES)
• 7:30-9:30pm - Migrants Voices
  Location: Century Center
  Marybelle Guo, Welcome from the students
  Sergio Chavez and migrant men and women (with translator)
• 7-9pm - Labor Rights
  Location: Homestead Community Center
  Jama Purser, Welcome from the Steering Committee
  Danish Qureshi, Welcome from the students
  David Brannigan, Presider and facilitator
  Panelists:
  ~ David Brannigan (SEANC)
  ~ Ajamu Dillahunt (Black Workers for Justice)
  ~ Tommy Griffin (Employee Forum chairperson and Chairperson of SEANC District 25)
  ~ Steve Hutton (Staff Relations Chair of SEANC District 25)
  ~ Domenic Powell

• December 6th (Saturday)
  
• 1-5pm - Scene and Heard Interactive Theater
• Location: Hargraves Community Center
  

• December 7th (Sunday)
  
• 3-5pm - The Richness of Religious Diversity: A Human Rights Perspective
  Location: Chapel Hill Friends Meeting House Educational Building Multipurpose Room
  Hank Elkins, Welcome for the Steering Committee
  Lauren Dakuu, Welcome for the students
  Aseem Hasnain, Presider and facilitator
  Panelists:
  ~ Mona Dakrouri
  She is a Chapel Hill resident, trained in Egypt to introduce Islam to people of different faith communities by Bridges Foundation. She is also a certified presenter of Islam by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Egypt. She was born in Chapel Hill, brought up in Egypt and moved back to NC last year.
  ~ Dr. Robert Seymour
  He is the founding pastor and Pastor Emeritus of Binkley Church, Chapel Hill. Dr. Seymour has a long history of working on human and civil rights and has been honoured by the ACLU for his legacy of courageous work in this area.
  ~ Padmini Hansda
  She is past President of the Triangle Interfaith Alliance (TIA), a Carrboro resident and a Buddhist. She is involved with Turkish and Arabic music in an endeavour to introduce local audiences to their global neighbours.
• 4:30-6:30pm - Environmental Justice: The Rogers Road Struggle
  Location: Chapel Hill Public Library
  Lucy Lewis, Welcome for the Steering Committee
  Elizabeth Adkinson, Welcome for the students and Steering Committee
  Steve Wing, Presider and facilitator
  Minister Robert Campbell and Neloa Jones
• 7-9pm - Local Food, Sustainability, and Human Rights
  Location: Homestead Community Center
  Sally Massengale, Welcome for the Steering Committee
  Facilitator: Mike Lanier
  Panelists:
  ~ Rob Hogan
  ~ Mike Lanier
  ~ Lori Baldwin
  ~ Roland Walters

• December 8th (Monday)
  
• 7-9pm - The Right to Healthcare
  Location: Homestead Community Center
  Siddharth Patel, Welcome
  Presider and Facilitator: Verlo Insko, Representative to the North Carolina Assembly
  Panelists:
  ~ Denis Lazof (Healthcare for all North Carolina)
  ~ Adam Searing, (NC Health Access Coalition at the Justice Center)
  ~ Luke Smith (Futuro)

• December 9th (Tuesday)
  
• 7-9pm - Fair Trade and Human Rights
  Location: Homestead Community Center
  Tom Munk, Welcome
  Colleen Whitney, Welcome from the students
  Scott Conary (Driade and Carrboro Coffee), Facilitator
  Panelists:
  ~ Scott Conary
  ~ Sarah Drewett (10,000 Villages)
  ~ Claudia Salvadore Tolan (Weaver Street Market)

• December 10th (Wednesday)
  
• 7-9pm - “Peoples’ Assembly” Where do we go next?
  Location: Homestead Community Center
  Student welcome: Oren Mechanic
  Discussion led by Chapel Hill-Carrboro Human Rights Steering Committee
  Interactive facilitation by Scene and Heard Theater Group

• December 12th -14th (Durham)
  
• Southern Human Rights' Organizers' Conference

All community forums and events are free and open to the public.
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