Social Justice & the US Election

New York Conference

Fellows, Senior Fellows, Board members, supporters and friends of the organization came together in New York City to explore various issues of social justice in the US and the looming 2016 US Presidential Election.

This conference explored the intersections of social justice and the US election, focusing specifically on issues of race, immigration, inequality and political extremism in the United States. The event featured keynotes, breakouts, site visits and tours, as well as a Senior Fellow reunion dinner.

The conference was generously hosted by The New School for the fourth year.

Conference Programming included:

Racial Justice and the Right to Vote in 2016

• Cornell Brooks (President and CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – NAACP)

15 Years After 9/11 – What Have We Learned About Terror and Liberty?

• Karen J. Greenberg (Director, Center on National Security, Fordham University)

City Tour: “Rising Sea Levels in New York – Climate Change and Resiliency Planning”

• Richard Reiss (Founder, City Atlas) with Philip Kahn, Angie Koo and Marlyn Martínez

Drug Policy and The War on Drugs: Race, Class and the Politics of Mass-Criminalization

• Kassandra Frederique (State Director – New York, Drug Policy Alliance)

The Future of the Party: Reflections from a Former GOP Insider

• Jimmy LaSalvia (Co-founder and former Executive Director of GOProud)

Panel Discussion: Behind the Scene 2016: Campaigning with Hillary for America, the NAACP and MoveOn.org

• Danielle Goonan (Senior Manager II, Grant Portfolios, Walmart Foundation; Organizer, Hillary For America; Senior Fellow, 2009 New York Fellowship)
• Devon Crawford (NAACP-Humanity in Action Fellow; Senior Fellow, 2015 John Lewis Fellowship)
• Justin Krebs (Campaign Director, MoveOn.org; Founder, Living Liberally; Board Member, Humanity in Action)

Undocumented Migration and the Humanitarian Crisis on the U.S.-Mexico Border

• Chelsea Halstead (Deputy Director, Colibrí Center for Human Rights; Humanity in Action Senior Fellow)

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Speakers at this Conference included

Rev. Cornell Brooks

Former Board Member, Humanity in Action, Inc.

Danielle Goonan

Board Member Humanity in Action, Inc.
2009 New York City Fellowship

Jose Gustavo Rivera

New York State Senator, 33rd District – the Bronx
2009 P!oneer Fellowship

Judith Goldstein

Founder and Executive Director Emeritus, Humanity in Action, Inc.

Justin Krebs

Director of Campaigns, MoveOn and Author
2009 P!oneer Fellowship

Karen J. Greenberg

Director, Center on National Security, Fordham University

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Impressions from the Conference

Humanity in Action thanks The New School for its support of the 2016 New York Conference. Humanity in Action also thanks the many individuals who make the New York Conference possible through their contributions and volunteer support.

The New School

Humanity in Action is delighted to partner with The New School on its annual New York Conference and innovative programming in design thinking, executive education and leadership.

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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