U.S. Commission on Civil Rights


Appendix


Iowa Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

  Race Relations and Des Moines New Immigrants

 United Way of Central Iowa
Des Moines Office-Room F
1111 9th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314

April 21, 1999

 

AGENDA

 9:00 a.m. INTRODUCTONS AND OPENING STATEMENTS

Dr. Lenola Allen-Sommerville, Chairperson, Iowa Advisory Committee, USCCR

Melvin L. Jenkins, Esq., Director, Central Regional Office, USCCR

STATE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES

9:20 a.m. Rose Vasquez. Esq., Executive Director, Iowa Department of Human Rights, Des Moines

9:40 a.m. Wayne Johnson, Bureau Chief, Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services, Des Moines

10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:20 a.m. Diann Wilder-Tomlinson, Esq., Executive Director, Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Des Moines

URBAN PERSPECTIVE

10:40 a.m. Mary Campos, Community Volunteer, Des Moines

11:00a.m. Ila Plasencia, Past National VP for the Midwest League of United Latin American Citizens, Des Moines

11:20 a.m. Ann Naffier, Executive Director, Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines

11:40a.m. Sonia Parras, Multicultural Outreach Coordinator. Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, Des Moines

12:00 p.m. Sandy Charvat Burke, Assistant Scientist, Census Services, Iowa State University, Ames

12:20 p.m. LUNCH

RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE

1:00 p.m. Rev. Kevin Cameron, Director, Hispanic Ministry. Des Moines

1:20 p.m. Sister Karen Thein, Hispanic Ministry, Marshalltown

EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

1:40 p.m. Dr. Mark X Grey, Ph.D., Professor, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

2:00 p.m. Mary Lynn Jones, Director, Intercultural Programs, Des Moines Public Schools

2:20 p.m. Dick Murphy, School Improvement Consultant, Heartland AEA II, Johnston

LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE

2:40 p.m. Dr. Ed A. Munoz, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Latino/a Studies, Iowa State University, Ames

3:00 p.m. Don Nickerson, Esq., U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Des Moines

3:20 p.m. William H. Moulder, Chief of Police, Des Moines Police Department

3:40 p.m. Gerald Heinauer, District Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Services, Omaha, NE

4:00 p.m. OPEN SESSION

4:20 p.m. ADJOURNMENT