Washington, DC – Dialogue on Diversity will convene its 2014 colloquium on domestic violence and immigration this Wednesday, October 22nd from 11am to 4pm at the Rayburn House Office Building Gold Room, 2168, on Capitol Hill.  Registration is open on line at www.dialogueondiversity.org.

Agenda

11:00 a.m.  Welcome and Overview

Ma. Cristina Caballero, President/CEO, Dialogue on Diversity, convener

Roxana Olivas, Director, Office on Latino Affairs, District of Columbia

Royce Murray, Policy Director, National Immigrant Justice Center

Forgiveness?  Flight?   Strategies in a Silent WORLD – REPARATION:  Our Roles

12:00 Noon .   Midday Session / Lunch

Dr. Fouzia Saeed,  Pakistan Scholar, The Woodrow Wilson Center

Anna Martinez   Senior Policy Advisor on Violence against Women, The White House

1:00 p.m.  The Hidden Worlds of Domestic Violence

Grim Encounters:  Scars of Mind and Body

Sherelle Hessell-Gordon,  Executive Director, D.C. Rape Crisis Center

Wanda E. Petty,  Jevon Management

Love Gone Awry:  Teen and Young Adult Dating Violence

Megan Challender,  Staff Attorney,  Break the Cycle

Violence  against  the  Elderly

Rosa E. Pizzi ,  Executive Director, Vida Senior Centers

Making it on your own — Psychological,  Economic Constraints

Marylouise Kelley,  Program Director, Family Violence Prevention and Services

Dilcia Molina,  “Entre Amigas” at La Clínica del Pueblo

Trafficking:  Prevention and Remedy

Jocelyn Bell, Programs Administrator, Shared Hope International

The Quest for El Dorado:  Perils and Potentials in Immigration

3:00   The Economics, the Morals, the Politics  –  Strangers within the Gates

The New Mobility:  the Promise of Free Workforce Migration

Poverty, Stress, AND THE Immigration System:  the Minority Lot

Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute

Esmeralda Lopez, Post-Release Services, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Julieta Garibay, Legislative Affairs, United We Dream; Board, University Leadership Initiative

Zenobia Lai, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center

4:00   Adjournment

Register Today — Final Reminder

Free and Open to the Public   Light lunch and refreshments provided

Simultaneous Translation Available: (English/Spanish)