Participants

Kali Akuno

Director of Human Rights Education
US Human Rights Network

Jennifer Arwade

Executive Director
Albany Park Neighborhood Council

Don Cipriani

Senior Program Officer
Just and Fair Schools Fund/ Public Interest Projects

Sandy Close

Executive Editor and Director
New America Media

Tanya Coke

Senior Consultant, Children & Youth Programme
The Atlantic Philanthropies

Rubie Coles

Associate Director/Program Director, Economic Justice
The Moriah Fund

Conteh Davis

Executive Director
Power U Center for Social Change

Helen Der

Senior Program Officer
Four Freedoms Fund/ Public Interest Projects

Nijmie Dzurinko

Executive Director
Philadelphia Student Union

Steve Foster

President & Chief Executive Officer
The Overbrook Foundation

Ashley Franklin

Community Rights Organizer
The Labor/Community Strategy Center

Meg Gage

President and Executive Director
Proteus Fund

Shruti Garg

Program Associate, Equality & Opportunity Fund
Open Society Foundations

Sasha Hammad

Program Assistant
U.S. Human Rights Fund/ Just and Fair Schools Fund/ Public Interest Projects

Laleh Ispahani

Director, Transparency and Integrity Fund
Open Society Foundations

LaShawn Jefferson

Program Officer
Ford Foundation

Nashay Jones

Program Associate, Democracy & Power Fund
Open Society Foundations

Esther Kaplan

Investigative Editor
The Nation Institute

Steve Katz

Publisher
Mother Jones

Anita Khandelwal

Project Staff Attorney
The Defender Association

Carol Kolinchak

Legal Director
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana

Jessica Lenahan

Human Rights Advocate
Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyer’s Network

Kirsten Levingston

Program Officer
Ford Foundation

Titi Liu

Executive Director
Asian Law Caucus

Michele Lord

President
Public Interest Projects

Katayoon Majd

Program Officer for Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Public Welfare Foundation

Vivek Malhotra

Director for Equality and Justice
Ford Foundation

Judith Marquez

Civic Engagement Organizer
Rights for All People/ Derechos Para Todos

Kim McGill

Organizer
Youth Justice Coalition

Michele Garnett McKenzie

Director of Advocacy
The Advocates for Human Rights

Kacey Mordecai

Stoneleigh Fellow
Juvenile Law Center

Kruti Parekh

Staff
Youth Justice Coalition

Luna Ranjit

Executive Director
Adhikaar

Justin Restauri

Program Associate
U.S. Human Rights Fund/ Public Interest Projects

Mica Root

Leadership Council Member & Education Director
Media Mobilizing Project

Malika Saada Saar

Executive Director
Rebecca Project for Human Rights

Alexander Saingchin

Policy and Research Coordinator
Urban Justice Center

Sue Simon

Director, Human Rights
U.S. Human Rights Fund/ Public Interest Projects

Jhatayn Travis

Executive Director
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization

Gail Tyree

Southern Strategy Soros Justice Fellow
Grassroots Leadership

Hilda Vega

Senior Program Officer
The Libra Foundation

Bia Vieira

Vice President for Philanthropic Services
The Philadelphia Foundation

Eric Ward

Programme Executive, U.S. Reconciliation and Human Rights
The Atlantic Philanthropies

Reverend Patricia Watkins

President
TARGET Area Development Corporation

Shannon Wight

Associate Director
Partnership for Safety & Justice

Melanie Wilmoth

Outreach Director
Friends of Justice

Sarah Abelow

Program Assistant
The Overbrook Foundation

Cathy Albisa

Executive Director
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative

Jennifer Allen

Executive Director
Border Action Network

Susan Allen

Program Associate, Transparency and Integrity Fund
Open Society Foundations

Kendra Anderson

Organizer
OneAmerica

Ethan Ashley

Staff Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana

Brad Baldia

Executive Director
Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition

Rini Banerjee Conway

Human Rights Program Officer
The Overbrook Foundation

Alan Bean

Executive Director
Friends of Justice

Candace Bell

Program Officer
William Penn Foundation

DeAngelo Bester

Housing Justice Campaign Director
National People's Action

Caroline Bettinger-López

Director, Human Rights Clinic
University of Miami School of Law

Chandra Bhatnagar

Senior Staff Attorney
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Chrissie Bonner

Associate Program Officer
The Philadelphia Foundation

Ethel Branch

Staff Attorney
Indian Law Resource Center

Eric Braxton

Program Officer
Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing

Sarah Brown

Youth Organizer
Padres y Jovenes Unidos

Florrie Burke

Co-Chair
Freedom Network USA

Robyn Buseman

Restorative Justice Program Director
Mural Arts Program

Todd Cherkis

Leadership Organizer
United Workers' Association

Maisie Chin

Executive Director & Co-Founder
CADRE

Michelle Coffey

Executive Director
Lambent Foundation

Berta Colón

President
Public Interest Projects

Allison Conyers

Communications Specialist
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

Robert T. Coulter

Executive Director
Indian Law Resource Center

Manuel Criollo

Director of Organizing
The Labor/Community Strategy Center

Irma Cruz López

Coordinator
Border Network for Human Rights

Annette Dickerson

Director of Education and Outreach
Center for Constitutional Rights

Ejim Dike

Director, Human Rights
Urban Justice Center

Chloe Dugger

Dignity in Schools Campaign Coordinator
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative

Mallika Dutt

Executive Director
Breakthrough

Maria Foscarinis

Executive Director
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

Rachel Fowler

Associate Director
US Human Rights Network

Seth Freed Wessler

Senior Research Associate
Applied Research Center

Dianna Freelon-Foster

Field Staff
Southern Echo

Fernando Garcia

Executive Director
Border Network for Human Rights

Jane Golden

Executive Director
Mural Arts Program

Shantá Gray

Program Coordinator
Campaign for Youth Justice

Michael Greene

Director of Violence Prevention and Juvenile Justice
The Nicholson Foundation

Emma Greer

Program Associate, U.S. Programs
Open Society Foundations

Rahwa Habte

Organizer
OneAmerica

Kate Hyzer

Community Impact Manager
The Philadelphia Foundation

Edurne Irizarry

Assistant Director and Organizer
Youth United for Change

Ruth Jeannoel

Organizer
Power U Center for Social Change

Helen Johnson

Education Coordinator
Southern Echo

Angela Kahres

Program Associate
U.S. Human Rights Fund/ Public Interest Projects

Tanya Karanasios

Associate Director, Campaign Partnerships
WITNESS

Risa Kaufman

Executive Director
Human Rights Institute at Columbia University School of Law

Jody Kent Lavy

Director and National Coordinator
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

Luis Larin

Leadership Organizer
United Workers

Marsha Levick

Deputy Director and Chief Counsel
Juvenile Law Center

Geri Mannion

Director, U.S. Democracy Program/ Special Opportunities Fund
Carnegie Corporation

Nikki Marron

Grants Manager
Breakthrough

Kelly Matheson

Program Manager for the Americas
WITNESS

Travis McAdam

Executive Director
Montana Human Rights Network

Mary Meg McCarthy

Executive Director
Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center

Karen McGill Lawson

Executive Vice President & COO
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights & The Leadership Conference Education Fund

Rob McGowan

Lead Organizer
CADRE

Diana Millner

Program Officer
Stoneleigh Foundation

Damekia Morgan

Statewide Educational Policy and Campaign Director
Families & Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children

Iliyaas Muhammad

Organizer
Philadelphia Student Union

Ray Murphy

Director of Communications & Online Strategy
Bread & Roses Community Fund

Jumana Musa

Deputy Director
Rights Working Group

Mbili Mwaniki

Coordinator
Human Rights at Home Campaign

Rami Nashashibi

Executive Director
Inner-City Muslim Action Network

Ngozi Ndulue

Staff Attorney
Ohio Justice & Policy Center

Leonard Noisette

Director, Criminal Justice Fund
Open Society Foundations

Brandy Novak

Youth Advocate
CARES for Youth

Efia Nwangaza

Coordinator
Malcolm X Center for Self Determination

Udi Ofer

Advocacy Director
New York Civil Liberties Union

John Page

Program Coordinator
The Defender Association

Dennis Parker

Director, Racial Justice Program
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Tim Parritt

Programme Officer, International Human Rights Programme
Oak Foundation

Myisha Patterson-Gatson

Program Officer, Campaign for Black Male Achievement
Open Society Foundations

Andi Perez

Executive Director
Youth United for Change

Mayra Peters-Quintero

Program Officer
Ford Foundation

Leah Pinney

Financial Manager and Policy Analyst
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

Dennis Quirin

Program Officer, Grassroots Racial Justice
Proteus Fund

David Rogers

Executive Director
Partnership for Safety & Justice

Julie Rowe

Framing and Messaging Coordinator
The Opportunity Agenda

Keith Rushing

Communications Manager
Rights Working Group

Archana Sahgal

Program Officer, Equality & Opportunity Fund
Open Society Foundations

Jessica Sandoval

Director, Field Operations
Campaign for Youth Justice

Robert Schwartz

Executive Director
Juvenile Law Center

Dionne Scott

Senior Press Officer
Center for Reproductive Rights

Silky Shah

Field Director
Detention Watch Network

Jill Shenker

Field Director
National Domestic Workers Alliance

Ayah Shields

President,
Helping and Healing Families

David Singleton

Executive Director, Attorney at Law
Ohio Justice & Policy Center

Rebecca Smith

Coordinator, Immigrant Worker Justice Project
National Employment Law Project

Elaine Stephens

Director of Development and Communications
Native Americans in Philanthropy

Eric Tars

Director/Children & Youth Attorney, Human Rights Program
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

Luisa Taveras

Program Officer, Criminal Justice Fund
Open Society Foundations

Philip Tegeler

President/Executive Director
Poverty & Race Research Action Council

Liz Theoharis

Coordinator
Poverty Initiative

Juhu Thukral

Director of Law & Advocacy
The Opportunity Agenda

Emily Tucker

Director of Policy and Advocacy
Detention Watch Network

Claudia Valenzuela

Associate Director of Litigation
Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center

Alix Webb

Program Manager
Poverty Initiative

Adio Wilkins

Youth Leader
Youth United for Change

Donna Red Wing

Executive Director
Grassroots Leadership

Gina Womack

Executive Director
Families & Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children

Ana Yáñez-Correa

Executive Director
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

Miriam Yeung

Executive Director
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

Ana Lisa Yoder

Community Impact Manager
The Philadelphia Foundation

June Zeitlin

Director, CEDAW Project
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights