International Human Rights Day "Bringing Human Rights Home"
December 09, 2005. Three and one-half elimination of bias CLE credit granted (Event Code 96319).
The Advocates COMMEMORATES
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
"Bringing Human Rights Home"
December 9, 2005
University of Minnesota School of Law
229 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
1:45-2:15 CLE Seminar Registation
2:15-3:15 International and National Standards of Non-Discrimination Effects of 9/11 on Minnesota Immigrants, Refugees and Religious Minorities by Laura Provinzino, Attorney and Wellstone Fellow of The Advocates for Human Rights.
3:15-4:15 Bringing Human Rights Home to Minnesota: Trends in Race, National Origin and Religious Discrimination by Linda Hansen, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs; Beth Bibus, Compliance Services Officer; and, Sylvia E. Neblett, Project Consultant of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
4:15-4:30 BREAK
4:30-5:00 A Case of Historic Discrimination: The Western Shoshone Nation by Rob Lafrentz, Law Student and former Midwest Human Rights Fellow.
5:00-6:00 Reconciliation in America: Reparations for Ancestors of African Slaves by Mary Turck, J.D., Editor, Connection to the Americas and Ronald Salzberger, Ph.D., Harvard, Professor of Philosophy, Metropolitan State University.
6:00-7:00 EVENING RECEPTION
7:00-8:00 Free Live Performance - “I VOTED FOR GUMMI BEARS” written and performed by Ochen K.
8:00-9:00 Panel discussion on voting rights
Seminar Information:
Lawyers $60.00
Gov’t employees/Non-profit/Students $30.00
3.25 CLE credits will be applied for.
Registration:
To register for the CLE Seminar, please download the event brochure and mail or fax to The Advocates for Human Rights. For more information, contact Aaron Van Alstine at avanalstine@mnadvocates.org or call (612) 341-3302 ext. 127. Registration is not necessary to attend the evening reception, performance and panel discussion.
Each year, The Advocates for Human Rights commemorates the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by focusing on specific human rights issues. This year The Advocates, in collaboration with the Human Rights Center of the University of Minnesota, will hold an afternoon CLE, reception and evening event on December 9 at the University of Minnesota Law School. The event, “Bringing Human Rights Home,” will highlight historic and current situations of discrimination in the U.S. and address international and state human rights standards of non-discrimination and remedies that address the harm suffered due to discrimination. The CLE seminar will be followed by a one-person performance and panel discussion related to the issue of voting rights.
Seminar speakers will discuss the destructive impact of 9/11 on the lives of Minnesota immigrants, refugees and religious minorities; state standards of non-discrimination and protected classes of people in Minnesota; reparations for ancestors of African slaves in America; and, the status of the Western Shoshone nation’s land rights.
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