• 2025 Conference Evaluation

    2025 Conference Evaluation

    Thank you for attending the 2025 IAOHRA Annual Conference in Alaska. Please take the opportunity to complete this survey. Your responses are important in determining satisfaction with the training topics and presenters. Please respond only to the sessions that you attended.
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  • MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 | OPENING PLENARY SESSION

  • Opening Plenary | Bringing Human Rights Home: We Rise Together Charles F. Coleman Jr., Civil Rights Attorney/ Legal Analyst/Guest Anchor, MSNBC
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  • MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Resilient Leadership: Building Bridges in a Divided Era | Presenter: Cleveland L. Horton, Executive Director, Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
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  • No Section 8 | The Impact of Housing Choice Voucher Discrimination | Presenter: Kenneth Gunn, First Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Commission on Human Rights
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  • Leveraging International Human Rights Mechanisms to Advance and Promote State & Local Progress | Presenters: Amy Bergquist, Associate Program Director for International Justice The Advocates for Human Rights; Domenico Zipoli, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; Janica Puisto, United Nations (UN) Office of Human Rights and Robin Toma, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations
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  • Building Capacity to Fight Misinformation | Presenter: Theo Dolan, Director, Civic Resilience Consulting, LLC
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  • MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 | PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON

  • Greetings: Leon Russell, Chairperson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | Artificial Intelligence: AI’s Perils and Promise for Human Rights | Keynote Speaker: William Dyson, Tech Visionary and Creator of Sojourner AI; Dr. Alisa Warren, IAOHRA President (Presiding)
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  • MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS/TRAINING AREAS

  • Harnessing the Power of the Next Generation of Human Rights Advocates | Presenter: Melody Vidmar, Dash-Muse Teaching Fellow & Supervising Attorney Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute
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  • Beyond Boundaries | Navigating Intersectionality in Discrimination Law Compliance: Presenter: Jennifer Booz, Executive Director, Anchorage Equal Rights Commission
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  • 2024 Survey: A Snapshot of Alaskan Perspectives on Discrimination | Presenter: Rob Corbisier, Executive Director, Alaska Commission for Human Rights
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  • Tools for a Week of Action: Uniting Your Community to Address Hate and Bias | Presenters: Justin Lock, Executive Director, Not in Our Town; former Interim Director of Community Relations Service (CRS), U.S. Department of Justice and Robin Toma, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission
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  • Navigating Inclusion in a Polarized Climate: Tools for Courageous Leadership in Human Rights Work | Presenter: Tawana Marie Bhagwat, CEO, Organization At Its Best, Inc.
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  • Resolving Disputes in 2025:A Guide to Housing and Employment Mediations and Conciliations in this New Frontier | Presenter: Marci Y. Anavitarte-Jordan, EEO and Housing Mediator/Conciliator Texas Workforce Commission-Civil Rights
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  • Conflict Resolution and its Role in Threat Assessment and Targeted Violence Prevention | Presenter: Randy Duque, Deputy Director, Community Relations Division, Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
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  • Bridging Law and Practice: Collaborative Safeguards for Protecting Individual Rights: Presenter: Steven R. Bryson, Attorney, van der Veen, Hartshorn, Levin & Lindheim
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  • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 | HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE TOUR

  • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 | PLENARY SESSION

  • Legal and Policy Updates | Jurisdictional Justice: Rethinking Civil Rights from the Ground Up, Presenter: Carol Johnson, Attorney, Johnson Consulting Group
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  • Immigration Legal Update | Presenter: Daniel Cortes, Assistant Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
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  • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 | FAIR HOUSING LUNCHEON

  • Fair Housing Forward: NAR’s Efforts to Advance Fair Housing & Home Ownership Opportunities in the Current Climate | Keynote Speaker: Colette Massengale, Senior Policy Representative, Fair Housing Policy, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
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  • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • How to Implement Human Rights in Your City, County or State Agency | Moderator: Jordan Long, The Carter Center; Presenters: Aneisa Bolton & Robin Toma, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission; Dr. Alisa Warren, IAOHRA, Missouri Human Rights Commission; Amy Berquist, Associate Program Director for International Justice, The Advocates for Human Rights; Janica Puisto, U.N. Human Rights Office and Domenico Zipoli, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
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  • What’s In Your Toolbox? | Presenters: Jamie Reyes, Human Rights Director, Lincoln Commission on Human Rights; Rob Rowan, Senior Civil Rights Investigator, Lincoln Commission on Human Rights; Cailin Daly Dejillas, Director, Omaha Human Rights and Relations and Laura Aryeetey, Senior Investigator, Omaha Human Rights and Relations
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  • Reimagining Human Relations for Success in a New Sociopolitical World | Presenters: Anne Little, Community Engagement Director, City of Salisbury, NC and Dr. Anthony Wade, Senior Consultant, Pontifex Consulting Group
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  • Rise Up Against Racism | Presenter: Elyse Applegate, Founder, Elysian World Editing
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  • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 | AWARDS DINNER

  • Keynote Speaker: Tim Wise
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  • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 | PLENARY SESSIONS

  • How Fair Are You: A Fair Housing Decision-Making Lab | Presenter: Joshua Barr, Chief Strategist & President, Raising The Barr, LLC
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  • Why International Human Rights Should Matter to State and Local Governments, Especially Now | Presenters: Jamil Dakwar, Director, Human Rights Program, ACLU; Dr. Alisa Warren, Executive Director, Missouri Human Rights Commission (Facilitator); Robin Toma and Aneisa Bolton, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations Janica Puisto, UN Office of Human Rights; and Domenico Zipoli, Geneva Academy for Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
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