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UPCOMING EVENTS [past events]
April 3, Boston, MA April 12, Storrs, CT April 17, Boston, MA April 17-20, Chicago, IL April 24, Washington, DC April 26, Minneapolis, MN
MAY 2008 May 2, New Haven, CT FALL 2008 November 16-19, Boston, MA
MARCH 2008 March 8, Cambridge, MA March 15, New York, NY March 15, Boston, MA March 18, Washington, DC March 19, 2008, Eugene, OR March 21, 2008, Philadelphia, PA March 24 – 28, New York, NY March 25, New York, NY FEBRUARY 2008 February 7, 2008, Cleveland, OH – NESRI Board Member Paul Farmer spoke on Global Health Equity as part of the Town Hall of Cleveland lecture series. >>> February 19, 2008, Helena, MT, 6PM – NESRI/NHeLP Human Right to Health Program Director Anja Rudiger presented, "Health Care is Our Right: Assessing the Presidential Candidates’ Health Care Proposals" at St. Paul’s Methodist Church (Choir Room). Free and Open to the Public. February 20, 2008, National – The Dignity In Schools campaign held a national conference call, "Charter Schools and Push Out: Reflections on the Transformation of Public Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans" Find out more information on how to join the call! >>> February 23, 2008, New Orleans, LA – NESRI held a training workshop on the Right to Education and the School to Prison Pipeline for local organizers with the Families & Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC). >>> JANUARY 2008 January 15, 2008, Washington, DC – NESRI Board Member Lisa Crooms was on a panel discussion, "Geneticizing Disease: Implications for Racial Health Disparities " >>> dECEMBER 2007 December 2-4, 2007, Washington, DC - Cathy Albisa, NESRI Executive Director and Anja Rudiger, NESRI Health Program Director presented at the 2007 Health Advocates Conference >>> December 3, 2007, New York, NY -Tiffany Gardner, NESRI Legal Director and Exchange Delegate Sam Jackson spoke at the Culture Project's Criminal Negligence and Hurricane Katrina. >>> December 6, 2007, Chicago, IL – Liz Sullivan, NESRI Education Program Director, facilitated a national strategy meeting for the Dignity in Schools Campaign. Learn about the campaign and how to get involved! >>> December 7-8, 2007, Chicago, IL – NESRI staff presented at the US Human Rights Network Youth Strategizing Summit, “Youth & Human Rights: Creating A Radical Youth Movement.” >>> December 15, 2007, Washington, DC - Liz Sullivan, NESRI Education Program Director presented on zero-tolerance discipline policies and race at “Civil Rights, Human Rights and Race: An Applied Legal Scholarship Symposium,” Howard University Law School. >>> November 2007 November 8 - 10, 2007, Denver, CO - Restoring Justice in our Schools, Coalition of Essential Schools, Fall Forum, Liz Sullivan, NESRI Education Program Director, participated in a panel on restorative justice and human rights in schools >>> November 9, 2007, Eugene, OR - A symposium was held entitled, "Bringing Human Rights Home: Implementing International Human Rights in the United States" >>> November 13, 2007, National - The Dignity in Schools Campaign national conference call, "How can we promote federal legislation for positive approaches to school discipline?" >>> November 17, 2007, Washington, D.C. - NESRI Board Chair, Martha Davis debated Phyllis Schlafly on the ERA at the Federalist Society 2007 National Lawyers Convention >>> November 19, 2007, Philadelphia, PA - Paul Farmer received the Dennis Clark Solas Award "honoring outstanding leaders for increasing access to health care" >>> November 28, 2007, San Diego, CA – Liz Sullivan, NESRI Education Program Director, held a training for the California School Employees Association in San Diego. Learn about our training resources! >>> october 2007 October 30, New York, NY – NESRI Board Member Paul Farmer delivered a lecture as part of the Earth Institute Distinguished Lecture Series >>> October 24,2007, New York, NY - NESRI Board Chair, Martha Davis provided a training on International Human Rights Law for Legal Services for the New York Legal Staff October 23, 2007, Storrs, CT - NESRI Exchange Delegate Pam Dashiell presented at UNESCO's 8th Annual Human Rights Conference on the Environment >>> October 22, 2007, Santa Barbara, CA – NESRI Board Member Paul Farmer spoke at the University of California, Santa Barbara, School of Education >>> October 18, 2007, New York, NY - Cathy Albisa, NESRI Executive Director is facilitated a panel presenting preliminary findings of “Integrating Macro Economic Strategies with Human Rights, Mexico and the U.S.” at Marymount Manhattan College. >>> October 13, 2007, New York, NY - Tiffany Gardner, Director of the Legal Program and Katrina Project at NESRI, will be speaking at the NY Solidarity Coalition with Katrina & Rita Survivors' Community Dialogue on Internally Displaced Persons & The Plan to Impoverish & Permanently Disperse >>> October 4-5, 2007, New York, NY - Cathy Albisa, NESRI Executive Director and Martha Davis, NESRI Board Chair, presented at Fordham Law School's "Symposium on International Law and the Constitution: Terms of Engagement" where Carol Anderson, Author, Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, was a keynote speaker. >>> SEPTEMber 2007 September 27, 2007, Minneapolis, MN - Liz Sullivan, NESRI Education Program Director presented at The Children's Human Rights Speaker Series >>> September 27, 2007, New York, NY - Cathy Albisa, NESRI Executive Director participated in NYU Law School's Education Law and Policy Society panel discussion on suspensions in public schools. September 26, 2007, Syracuse, NY - NESRI Board Member Paul Farmer delivered a public lecture on Global Health Equity as part of the 2007 Syracuse Symposium >>> September 20, 2007, Jena, LA - Cathy Albisa, NESRI Executive Director was on a panel discussion, "Restoring the Human Right to Education: Abolishing the School to Prison Pipeline” about the Jena 6. September 19, New York, NY - NESRI Board Member Patrick Mason spoke at the 2007 Human Development and Capability Association Conference at The New School >>> sUMMER 2007 July 1-6, 2007, New Orleans, LA, The second Asian Delegation visited the Gulf Coast and participated in the Katrina/Tsunami Transnational Exchange Seminar, July 3, 1-5PM in New Orleans, LA. >>> June 27 - July 1, Atlanta, GA - U.S. Social Forum: Cathy Albisa, NESRI Executive Director, and Lisa Crooms, NESRI Board Member, held workshops on economic, social and cultural rights in the United States >>> June 15, 2007, Minneapolis, MN - Children Left Behind: A Child’s Right to Education in the U.S.: 2007 Human Rights Law and Policy Conference, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. Liz Sullivan, NESRI Program Director, gave panel presentations on the right to education. >>> |