Human Trafficking: Awareness & Action
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
April 5th to April 6th, 2019
Take a look below to learn about the schedule for 4th University of Southern Mississippi Human Rights Conference. If you have any questions about specific activities or event timing, please don’t hesitate to email us.
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You can download the conference program at the bottom of the page.
EARLY REGISTRATION
6:30 - 7:00 PM on April 5th
Liberal Arts Building Lobby. Refreshments available.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER JEANETTE WESTBROOK
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Westbrook will present on torture and human trafficking. Located in the LAB Gonzales Auditorium.
REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:45 AM on April 6th
Registration. Refreshments are available. Lobby of Liberal Arts Building
OPENING REMARKS
9:45 - 10:00 AM
Located in the LAB Gonzales Auditorium.
SESSION A OR SESSION B
10:00 - 10:45 AM
Session A:
Advocates for Freedom Training Session for Social Workers
Room: Liberal Arts Building 101
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Session B:
Amber Husley on Aviation and Human Trafficking into the US (Professional)
Room: Liberal Arts Building 102
BREAK
10:45 - 11:00 AM
Poster Sessions/Student Organizations available.
SHERWOOD AND DAGANA
11:00am – 11:30am
Nicholas Sherwood on Moving Beyond ‘Victim’: A Reconsideration of Human Trafficking Discourse (Academic)
Davina Durgana on Global Slavery Index (Professional)
Room: Liberal Arts Building 102
LUNCH BREAK
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Poster Sessions/Student Organizations available
DALE AND ORTIZ
12:15 - 1:00 PM
Youngbee Dale on Beyond Massage Parlors: Exposing the Korean Commercial Sex Market in the United States (Academic)
John Kaiser Ortiz on Ghosting Humanity (Academic)
Room: Liberal Arts Building 101
PHILLIP AND CASEY HENDRICKS
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Phillip Hendricks and Casey Hendricks on Human Trafficking in Mississippi
Room: Liberal Arts Building 102
BREAK
1:30 - 2:00 PM
Student Organizations
SESSION A OR SESSION B
2:00 - 2:45 PM
Session A:
Iyanna Marshall on The Private Justice System in America: Subverting Purpose and Human Rights (Academic)
Syedd Uddin-Ahmed on Policies of the Egyptian State: The Coptic Minority Question (Academic)
Room: Liberal Arts Building 102
Session B:
Jubilee Havens: Training Session for Social Workers
Room: Liberal Arts Building 101
UDDIN-AHMED
2:45 - 3:15 PM
Syedd Uddin-Ahmed on The Rohingya: The Unknown Story of Ethnic Cleansing & Sexual Violence in Burma (Academic)
Room: Liberal Arts Building 102
CLOSING REMARKS
3:15 - 3:30 PM
Room: LAB Gonzales Auditorium