Full EXPRESS YOUR RIGHTS Schedule!!!

We have a finalized schedule, complete with presentation names!

EXPRESS YOUR RIGHTS: THE ROLE OF ART IN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM

Conference Itinerary:

Friday February 5 (at the MICHIGAN UNION, PENDLETON ROOM)

3:30-4: Registration

4-5: Carol Jacobsen: Women's Criminalization, Clemency and Human Rights
Professor, U-M School of Art and Design. Award-winning social documentary artist whose works in video and photography address issues of women's criminalization and censorship.

5-6: Danielle Abrams: Burritos and Bulldykes: Performance Activity in the Gay Ghetto of the Mission District in San Francisco
Assistant Professor, U-M School of Art and Design. Former artistic director of BUILD, a performance space in San Francisco’s hub of queer performance - the Mission District and a founding Board Member of the Harvey Milk Institute in San Francisco.

6-7: Nick Tobier: Human Centered Design & How Collective Creativity Enables Change
Associate Professor, U-M School of Art and Design.

7:30: Emmanuel Jal (MICHIGAN LEAGUE): WAR CHILD: A Story of Survival
Internationally-renowned hip-hop artist, human rights activist, and former child soldier from Sudan
Co-sponsored by: U-M Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA); MSA Peace and Social Justice Commission
Most seating reserved for U-M students, faculty, and staff; limited seating for general public


Saturday February 6 (at the MICHIGAN UNION, PENDLETON ROOM)

10:30-11: Registration/Breakfast/Breakfast

11-12: Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP): Human Rights and Art in Prison
University of Michigan

12-12:30: OyamO: Sensing the Censors
Associate Professor of English, U-M College of Literature Science and the Arts; Associate Professor of Theatre and Drama, U-M School of Music

12:30-1:30: Allied Media Conference (AMC): Create, Connect, Transform
Jenny Lee, Allied Media Projects Program Director; Diane J. Nucera, Allied Media Projects Allied365 Program Director

1:30-2: Reception

2-3: M1: From the Ghetto to Gaza
Hip-hop artist and political activist; one-half of hip-hop duo Dead Prez

3-4:30: Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons: Visual Activism: The Role of Designer as Author
co-authors, "I-Live-Here;" creative team and former creative force behind "Adbusters" magazine
Special appearance by Phoebe Gloeckner, "I-Live-Here" collaborator and assistant professor at School of Art & Design