Washington, DC – Dialogue on Diversity will convene its 2014 colloquium on domestic violence and immigration this Wednesday, October 22nd from 11am to 4pm at the Rayburn House Office Building Gold Room, 2168, on Capitol Hill. Registration is open on line at www.dialogueondiversity.org.
Agenda
11:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview
Ma. Cristina Caballero, President/CEO, Dialogue on Diversity, convener
Roxana Olivas, Director, Office on Latino Affairs, District of Columbia
Royce Murray, Policy Director, National Immigrant Justice Center
Forgiveness? Flight? Strategies in a Silent WORLD – REPARATION: Our Roles
12:00 Noon . Midday Session / Lunch
Dr. Fouzia Saeed, Pakistan Scholar, The Woodrow Wilson Center
Anna Martinez Senior Policy Advisor on Violence against Women, The White House
1:00 p.m. The Hidden Worlds of Domestic Violence
Grim Encounters: Scars of Mind and Body
Sherelle Hessell-Gordon, Executive Director, D.C. Rape Crisis Center
Wanda E. Petty, Jevon Management
Love Gone Awry: Teen and Young Adult Dating Violence
Megan Challender, Staff Attorney, Break the Cycle
Violence against the Elderly
Rosa E. Pizzi , Executive Director, Vida Senior Centers
Making it on your own — Psychological, Economic Constraints
Marylouise Kelley, Program Director, Family Violence Prevention and Services
Dilcia Molina, “Entre Amigas” at La Clínica del Pueblo
Trafficking: Prevention and Remedy
Jocelyn Bell, Programs Administrator, Shared Hope International
The Quest for El Dorado: Perils and Potentials in Immigration
3:00 The Economics, the Morals, the Politics – Strangers within the Gates
The New Mobility: the Promise of Free Workforce Migration
Poverty, Stress, AND THE Immigration System: the Minority Lot
Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
Esmeralda Lopez, Post-Release Services, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Julieta Garibay, Legislative Affairs, United We Dream; Board, University Leadership Initiative
Zenobia Lai, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
4:00 Adjournment
Register Today — Final Reminder
Free and Open to the Public Light lunch and refreshments provided
Simultaneous Translation Available: (English/Spanish)
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