A Broken Dream- Human Rights in Urban America

Human Rights Through Education (HRTE) Proudly Presents

A Broken Dream: Human Rights in Urban America

With generous support from the Center for Ethics in Public Life, the Institute for the Humanities, MSA Peace and Social Justice Commission, and The Ginsberg Center

Friday, Feb. 11 & Saturday, Feb. 12

Rackham Ampitheater

All events free and open to the public

Friday, Feb. 11

> 4:45 PM Amber Arellano

Executive director of the Education Trust-Midwest -- the Midwest presence of the national Ed Trust, which is one of the oldest and most influential ed reform organizations in the U.S. Amber has worked at the United Nations under the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, Mary Robinson

> 5:30PM Screening of "The Vanishing City" with Directors Jen Senko And Fiore DeRosa

Winner of Best short documentary at the Harlem International film festival, and best documentary at the Williamsburg Film Festival, and the Los Angeles International film festival. Told through the eyes of tenants, city planners, business owners, scholars, and politicians, The Vanishing City exposes the real politics behind the alarming disappearance of New York’s beloved neighborhoods, the truth about its finance-dominated economy, and the myth of “inevitable change.” Followed by a Q&A with the Directors!

Saturday, Feb. 12

> 10:30 AM Registration and Refreshments

> 11:00-12:00 PM Chazz Miller-Public Art Workz

> *Co-sponsored By the Detroit Partnership

Chazz is the founder and muralist at Public Art Workz. Chazz founded Public Art Workz to stimulate community growth, provide a creative outlet for children and instill an appreciation of the arts. PAWZ offers enrichment programs in art and technology and helps to drive academic achievement

> 12:00-1:00 PM Mo Abdollahi: The DREAM

Local activist and undocumented Iranian immigrant who helped start the national campaign for the DREAM Act, and a co-founder of ONEMichigan, a youth-led statewide immigrant rights organization

> 1:00-2:00PM Lunch

> 2:00-3:00PM Nusrat Ventimiglia

> *Co-sponsored by SAPAC

Director of Victim Services at Equality Michigan she will speak about the state of LGBT rights in the State of Michgian, along with a Youth Advocate from the Ruth Ellis Center

> 3:00-4:0PM Faculty Panel-The Reality of Human Rights and Social Justice in Urban America

Professors Scott Kurashige, Matthew Lassiter, and Margaret Dewar

> 4:00-4:30PM Slam Poetry

Featuring Aimee Le, Ann Arbor Poetry Slam winner who was featured on the HBO Series "Brave New Voices"

> 7:00 PM Hari Kondabolu Performance, Vandenberg Room, Michigan League

Comic Hari Kondabolu (www.harithecomic.com) has a Masters degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, and has been featured on Comedy Central and Jimmy Kimmel Live. His material addresses human rights and urban rights issues in a novel format, reflecting the work he spent as an immigrants rights organizer

If you have any questions or would like tickets to Hari's Performance, please e-mail us at hrtecore@umich.edu