RWG Membership Meeting Speakers

Plenary Session I:  Voices From the Field

Hatem Abudayyeh, Executive Director, Arab American Action Network
Isabel Garcia, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos
Diana Marin, Organizer, Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network
Brianna Twofoot, Field Director, Maine Civil Liberties Union
Deepa Iyer, Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together (Moderator)

Plenary Session II: Building Partnerships Between Communities and Local Law Enforcement

Fernando Garcia, Executive Director, Border Network for Human Rights
David Harris, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Tracie L. Keessee, Division Chief of Research, Training and Technology, Denver Police Department, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Operations for the Consortium for Police Leadership in Equity
Arturo Venegas, Jr., Project Director, Law Enforcement Engagement Initiative and Former Chief of Police, Sacramento Police Department
Cynthia Buiza, Policy Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (Moderator)

Plenary Session III: Federal Government Roundtable

Julie Fernandez, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights, Department of Justice
Esther Olavarria, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security
Melissa Crow, Senior Advisor for Policy, Department of Homeland Security
Karen Narasaki, Chair, Rights Working Group and President & Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center (Moderator)

Advocay Day

Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau
LaShawn Warren, American Constitution Society
Jumana Musa, Rights Working Group (Moderator)

Closing Plenary

Congressman John Conyers, Jr., House of Representatives
Laura Murphy, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Margaret Huang, Rights Working Group (Moderator)

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