Participants
Kali Akuno
Director of Human Rights EducationUS Human Rights Network
Jennifer Arwade
Executive DirectorAlbany Park Neighborhood Council
Don Cipriani
Senior Program OfficerJust and Fair Schools Fund/ Public Interest Projects
Sandy Close
Executive Editor and DirectorNew America Media
Tanya Coke
Senior Consultant, Children & Youth ProgrammeThe Atlantic Philanthropies
Rubie Coles
Associate Director/Program Director, Economic JusticeThe Moriah Fund
Conteh Davis
Executive DirectorPower U Center for Social Change
Helen Der
Senior Program OfficerFour Freedoms Fund/ Public Interest Projects
Nijmie Dzurinko
Executive DirectorPhiladelphia Student Union
Steve Foster
President & Chief Executive OfficerThe Overbrook Foundation
Ashley Franklin
Community Rights OrganizerThe Labor/Community Strategy Center
Meg Gage
President and Executive DirectorProteus Fund
Shruti Garg
Program Associate, Equality & Opportunity FundOpen Society Foundations
Sasha Hammad
Program AssistantU.S. Human Rights Fund/ Just and Fair Schools Fund/ Public Interest Projects
Laleh Ispahani
Director, Transparency and Integrity FundOpen Society Foundations
LaShawn Jefferson
Program OfficerFord Foundation
Nashay Jones
Program Associate, Democracy & Power FundOpen Society Foundations
Esther Kaplan
Investigative EditorThe Nation Institute
Steve Katz
PublisherMother Jones
Anita Khandelwal
Project Staff AttorneyThe Defender Association
Carol Kolinchak
Legal DirectorJuvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
Jessica Lenahan
Human Rights AdvocateBringing Human Rights Home Lawyer’s Network
Kirsten Levingston
Program OfficerFord Foundation
Titi Liu
Executive DirectorAsian Law Caucus
Michele Lord
PresidentPublic Interest Projects
Katayoon Majd
Program Officer for Criminal and Juvenile JusticePublic Welfare Foundation
Vivek Malhotra
Director for Equality and JusticeFord Foundation
Judith Marquez
Civic Engagement OrganizerRights for All People/ Derechos Para Todos
Kim McGill
OrganizerYouth Justice Coalition
Michele Garnett McKenzie
Director of AdvocacyThe Advocates for Human Rights
Kacey Mordecai
Stoneleigh FellowJuvenile Law Center
Kruti Parekh
StaffYouth Justice Coalition
Luna Ranjit
Executive DirectorAdhikaar
Justin Restauri
Program AssociateU.S. Human Rights Fund/ Public Interest Projects
Mica Root
Leadership Council Member & Education DirectorMedia Mobilizing Project
Malika Saada Saar
Executive DirectorRebecca Project for Human Rights
Alexander Saingchin
Policy and Research CoordinatorUrban Justice Center
Sue Simon
Director, Human RightsU.S. Human Rights Fund/ Public Interest Projects
Jhatayn Travis
Executive DirectorKenwood Oakland Community Organization
Gail Tyree
Southern Strategy Soros Justice FellowGrassroots Leadership
Hilda Vega
Senior Program OfficerThe Libra Foundation
Bia Vieira
Vice President for Philanthropic ServicesThe Philadelphia Foundation
Eric Ward
Programme Executive, U.S. Reconciliation and Human RightsThe Atlantic Philanthropies
Reverend Patricia Watkins
PresidentTARGET Area Development Corporation
Shannon Wight
Associate DirectorPartnership for Safety & Justice
Melanie Wilmoth
Outreach DirectorFriends of Justice
Sarah Abelow
Program AssistantThe Overbrook Foundation
Cathy Albisa
Executive DirectorNational Economic & Social Rights Initiative
Jennifer Allen
Executive DirectorBorder Action Network
Susan Allen
Program Associate, Transparency and Integrity FundOpen Society Foundations
Kendra Anderson
OrganizerOneAmerica
Ethan Ashley
Staff AttorneyJuvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
Brad Baldia
Executive DirectorPennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition
Rini Banerjee Conway
Human Rights Program OfficerThe Overbrook Foundation
Alan Bean
Executive DirectorFriends of Justice
Candace Bell
Program OfficerWilliam Penn Foundation
DeAngelo Bester
Housing Justice Campaign DirectorNational People's Action
Caroline Bettinger-López
Director, Human Rights ClinicUniversity of Miami School of Law
Chandra Bhatnagar
Senior Staff AttorneyAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Chrissie Bonner
Associate Program OfficerThe Philadelphia Foundation
Ethel Branch
Staff AttorneyIndian Law Resource Center
Eric Braxton
Program OfficerFunders Collaborative on Youth Organizing
Sarah Brown
Youth OrganizerPadres y Jovenes Unidos
Florrie Burke
Co-ChairFreedom Network USA
Robyn Buseman
Restorative Justice Program DirectorMural Arts Program
Todd Cherkis
Leadership OrganizerUnited Workers' Association
Maisie Chin
Executive Director & Co-FounderCADRE
Michelle Coffey
Executive DirectorLambent Foundation
Berta Colón
PresidentPublic Interest Projects
Allison Conyers
Communications SpecialistThe Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Robert T. Coulter
Executive DirectorIndian Law Resource Center
Manuel Criollo
Director of OrganizingThe Labor/Community Strategy Center
Irma Cruz López
CoordinatorBorder Network for Human Rights
Annette Dickerson
Director of Education and OutreachCenter for Constitutional Rights
Ejim Dike
Director, Human RightsUrban Justice Center
Chloe Dugger
Dignity in Schools Campaign CoordinatorNational Economic & Social Rights Initiative
Mallika Dutt
Executive DirectorBreakthrough
Maria Foscarinis
Executive DirectorNational Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Rachel Fowler
Associate DirectorUS Human Rights Network
Seth Freed Wessler
Senior Research AssociateApplied Research Center
Dianna Freelon-Foster
Field StaffSouthern Echo
Fernando Garcia
Executive DirectorBorder Network for Human Rights
Jane Golden
Executive DirectorMural Arts Program
Shantá Gray
Program CoordinatorCampaign for Youth Justice
Michael Greene
Director of Violence Prevention and Juvenile JusticeThe Nicholson Foundation
Emma Greer
Program Associate, U.S. ProgramsOpen Society Foundations
Rahwa Habte
OrganizerOneAmerica
Kate Hyzer
Community Impact ManagerThe Philadelphia Foundation
Edurne Irizarry
Assistant Director and OrganizerYouth United for Change
Ruth Jeannoel
OrganizerPower U Center for Social Change
Helen Johnson
Education CoordinatorSouthern Echo
Angela Kahres
Program AssociateU.S. Human Rights Fund/ Public Interest Projects
Tanya Karanasios
Associate Director, Campaign PartnershipsWITNESS
Risa Kaufman
Executive DirectorHuman Rights Institute at Columbia University School of Law
Jody Kent Lavy
Director and National CoordinatorThe Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Luis Larin
Leadership OrganizerUnited Workers
Marsha Levick
Deputy Director and Chief CounselJuvenile Law Center
Geri Mannion
Director, U.S. Democracy Program/ Special Opportunities FundCarnegie Corporation
Nikki Marron
Grants ManagerBreakthrough
Kelly Matheson
Program Manager for the AmericasWITNESS
Travis McAdam
Executive DirectorMontana Human Rights Network
Mary Meg McCarthy
Executive DirectorHeartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center
Karen McGill Lawson
Executive Vice President & COOThe Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights & The Leadership Conference Education Fund
Rob McGowan
Lead OrganizerCADRE
Diana Millner
Program OfficerStoneleigh Foundation
Damekia Morgan
Statewide Educational Policy and Campaign DirectorFamilies & Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
Iliyaas Muhammad
OrganizerPhiladelphia Student Union
Ray Murphy
Director of Communications & Online StrategyBread & Roses Community Fund
Jumana Musa
Deputy DirectorRights Working Group
Mbili Mwaniki
CoordinatorHuman Rights at Home Campaign
Rami Nashashibi
Executive DirectorInner-City Muslim Action Network
Ngozi Ndulue
Staff AttorneyOhio Justice & Policy Center
Leonard Noisette
Director, Criminal Justice FundOpen Society Foundations
Brandy Novak
Youth AdvocateCARES for Youth
Efia Nwangaza
CoordinatorMalcolm X Center for Self Determination
Udi Ofer
Advocacy DirectorNew York Civil Liberties Union
John Page
Program CoordinatorThe Defender Association
Dennis Parker
Director, Racial Justice ProgramAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Tim Parritt
Programme Officer, International Human Rights ProgrammeOak Foundation
Myisha Patterson-Gatson
Program Officer, Campaign for Black Male AchievementOpen Society Foundations
Andi Perez
Executive DirectorYouth United for Change
Mayra Peters-Quintero
Program OfficerFord Foundation
Leah Pinney
Financial Manager and Policy AnalystTexas Criminal Justice Coalition
Dennis Quirin
Program Officer, Grassroots Racial JusticeProteus Fund
David Rogers
Executive DirectorPartnership for Safety & Justice
Julie Rowe
Framing and Messaging CoordinatorThe Opportunity Agenda
Keith Rushing
Communications ManagerRights Working Group
Archana Sahgal
Program Officer, Equality & Opportunity FundOpen Society Foundations
Jessica Sandoval
Director, Field OperationsCampaign for Youth Justice
Robert Schwartz
Executive DirectorJuvenile Law Center
Dionne Scott
Senior Press OfficerCenter for Reproductive Rights
Silky Shah
Field DirectorDetention Watch Network
Jill Shenker
Field DirectorNational Domestic Workers Alliance
Ayah Shields
President,Helping and Healing Families
David Singleton
Executive Director, Attorney at LawOhio Justice & Policy Center
Rebecca Smith
Coordinator, Immigrant Worker Justice ProjectNational Employment Law Project
Elaine Stephens
Director of Development and CommunicationsNative Americans in Philanthropy
Eric Tars
Director/Children & Youth Attorney, Human Rights ProgramNational Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Luisa Taveras
Program Officer, Criminal Justice FundOpen Society Foundations
Philip Tegeler
President/Executive DirectorPoverty & Race Research Action Council
Liz Theoharis
CoordinatorPoverty Initiative
Juhu Thukral
Director of Law & AdvocacyThe Opportunity Agenda
Emily Tucker
Director of Policy and AdvocacyDetention Watch Network
Claudia Valenzuela
Associate Director of LitigationHeartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center
Alix Webb
Program ManagerPoverty Initiative
Adio Wilkins
Youth LeaderYouth United for Change
Donna Red Wing
Executive DirectorGrassroots Leadership
Gina Womack
Executive DirectorFamilies & Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
Ana Yáñez-Correa
Executive DirectorTexas Criminal Justice Coalition
Miriam Yeung
Executive DirectorNational Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
Ana Lisa Yoder
Community Impact ManagerThe Philadelphia Foundation
June Zeitlin
Director, CEDAW ProjectThe Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights