Causes in Common National Meeting 2008
Schedule

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

7:30-8:00 am         Breakfast in Lobby of La Quinta Inn & Suites, 301 Camp Street
8:00-8:30 am         Walk to Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street
8:30-9:00 am         Meeting Registration at Sheraton Hotel, Napoleon Ballroom, 3rd Fl

9:00-9:30 am         Welcoming Remarks – General Session (Napoleon B 2/3)
RJ Thompson, National Campaign & Advocacy Manager, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (the Center)
Terry Boggis, Interim Director of Public Policy and Director, Center Kids, the Center
Richard Burns, Executive Director, the Center
Miriam Perez, Causes in Common Steering Committee Member (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)

9:30-10:00 am       Introductions – General Session
10:00-10:30 am     Icebreaker  – General Session

10:30-12:00 pm     Session 1: Progressive Intersectional Frameworks: Human Rights, Reproductive Justice & LGBT Liberation – General Session
10:30-11:30 am     Panel:
Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, Pro-Choice Public Education Project
Tonya Williams, US Human Rights Network Coordinating Center
Katrina Anderson, Center for Reproductive Rights
RJ Thompson, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Moderated by: Ricardo Martinez, the Center

11:30-12:00pm      Interactive Questions & Answers

12:00-1:00 pm       Seated Lunch and Certificates of Recognition – General Session

1:00-3:00 pm         Session 2: New Orleans & the Gulf Coast: Reproductive Justice, LGBT Liberation & Intersecting Human Rights Struggles in a Post-Katrina Context – General Session
1:00 – 2:30pm       Panel and Film Shorts:
S. Mandisa Moore, New Orleans Women's Health & Justice Initiative
Michelle Denney, Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta
Deon Haywood, Women With A Vision, Inc.
Ana Ghoreishian, Orleans Parish Public Defender
Moderated by: Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice

2:30-3:00pm          Interactive Questions & Answers

3:00-3:45 pm         Break and Snack – General Session

3:00-3:45 pm         Queer People of Color Caucus – Napoleon C1
*Note: This session is open only to those participants who identify as a person of color and as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer – Please respect this safe space

3:45-5:15pm          Workshops
                              (Workshop descriptions and presenters can be found in your participant folder)

No Minor Matter: The Rights of Minors to Consent to Sexual Health Care– Napoleon C2
Disability at the Intersections of Reproductive Justice & LGBT Liberation – Napoleon B1
Pro-Choice Public Education Project Research Briefing: Young Women of Color and Activism – Napoleon C3
Assisted Reproductive & Genetic Technologies - Napoleon C1

5:15-5:45 pm        Re-group, Announcements, Closing for the day – General Session

 

Thursday June 12, 2008

8:00 – 8:30 am            Breakfast at La Quinta Inn & Suites
8:30 – 9:00 am            Walk to Sheraton New Orleans
9:00 – 9:30 am            Coffee, Settling in, Welcome Back – General Session

9:30 – 11:00am           Session 3:  Coalition Partner Work: Cross-Movement Campaigns, Projects and Collaborations
9:30 – 10:30 amPanel:
                                    Margo Kaplan, Center for HIV Law & Policy
                                    Maxwell Ciardullo, SIECUS
                                    Lonna Hays, Ipas
                                    Paris Hatcher, SPARK! Reproductive Justice NOW

10:30-11:00 am           Interactive Questions & Answers

11:00-12:00 pm           Regional Caucuses/Action Steps – Breakout Rooms

12:00 – 12:15pm         Evaluation Forms – General Session
12:15-12:45 pm           Closing Go Around and Next Steps – General Session
12:45 – 1:00 pm          Closing, Acknowledgements – General Session