Program Schedule
8:30 Introduction: Mustafaa Carroll (CAIR Texas – Houston Chapter)
Civil Rights Overview: Oscar Chacon (Executive Director of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities)
9:30 Break
9:40 Understanding Civil Rights Post 9/11
- Moderator: Mustafaa Carroll (CAIR Texas – Houston Chapter)
- Islamophobia: Corey Saylor (CAIR)
- National Security/Privacy Issues: Matt Simpson (ACLU of Texas)
- Right to protest/free speech: Rick Halperin (SMU)
11:10 Break
11:20 Immigrants’ Rights
- Moderator: Baldo Garza (LULAC)
- Detention/Deportation: Krystal Gomez (ACLU of Texas)
- Immigration Reform: Brent Wilkes (LULAC)
- Local/State/Federal Enforcement and Prosecutorial Discretion/Immigration Courts/Federal Court: Geoff Hoffman (UH Law Center Immigration Clinic)
12:50 Lunch and Tribute to Caesar Chavez: Featuring Reflections by Frank Curiel
1:30 Criminal Justice Reform
- Moderator: Tarsha Jackson (Texas Families for Incarcerated Youth)
- Over- Incarceration: Ana Yáñez-Correa (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
- School-to-Prison Pipeline/Bullying: Gislaine Williams (ACLU of Texas)
- Private Prisons: Bob Libal (Grassroots Leadership)
- Death Penalty: Dave Atwood (HPJC/TCADP)
3:00 Break
3:10 Keynote address and Q & A: Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!
4:10 Networking Mixer and Discussion of Next Steps as a Community
5:00 Conference Adjourns
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