Aug 8-9: Pathways to Respecting American Indian Civil Rights Conference

King Center and other various locations on the Auraria Campus

The Region VIII Inter-Departmental Task Force on Civil Rights is hosting a two-day training and education conference to promote the civil rights of American Indians. The conference will feature training, education, and sharing of information between American Indians on and off-reservation with various federal, state, and local agencies, community organizations, educators, health care providers, nonprofit organizations and others.

Co-sponsors include: the City and County of Denver; Metropolitan State University of Denver Equity Assistance Center; Midwest Equity Assistance Center; IDRA Equity Assistance Center; Region IX Equity Assistance Center at WestEd; University of Colorado Denver; University of Northern Colorado; The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Colorado Boulder; Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Civil Rights; AARP-Colorado and other organizations.

Featured speakers:

Michael E. Bird, MSW, MPH
Former President, American Public Health Association; Public Health Consultant

Henrietta Mann, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, Montana State University

Gyasi Ross
Attorney, Crowell Law Office, Author, Columnist for Indian Country Today

Leon Rodriguez
Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

For more information and a complete list of participating organizations visit this link.

Register Now: there is no conference registration fee.