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2022 International Human Rights Day Celebration In Milwaukee

You are invited to the…

2022 International Human Rights Day Celebration in Milwaukee

The celebration theme this year is

“Voting Rights / Human Rights:  

How Election Results Affect Our Lives”

Includes presentation of the 2022 Milwaukee ERC Equality Awards

Featuring Three Speakers with Extensive Human Rights Experience on Voting

Saturday – December 10, 2022 – 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

The Palm Garden at Turner Hall

1034 N. Vel Phillips Avenue – Milwaukee, WI

Free & Open to the Public – Attend In-Person or Virtually

Registration is required at shorturl.at/gEHIW 

or

Watch via live stream at:   facebook.com/ERCMKE

Sponsored by:

The City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission
The Milwaukee County Human Rights Commission
The United Nations Association of the USA – Greater Milwaukee Chapter

Matt Rothschild is the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, where he has worked for the last eight years. His latest book is “12 Ways to Save Democracy in Wisconsin,” published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Before coming to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, he worked at The Progressive magazine for 32 years as editor and publisher.

Scott Thompson is a staff attorney at Law Forward, a nonpartisan, nonprofit impact litigation firm committed to protecting and advancing democracy and to restoring Wisconsin’s pragmatic progressive tradition.  At Law Forward, he currently leads litigation and public education concerning voting rights and ballot access. His most recent accomplishment includes Carey v. WEC, in which the court affirmed voters with disabilities’ right to ballot-return assistance.

Patricia Ruiz-Cantu is the Community Outreach Manager for the City of Milwaukee.  She serves as an Election Commissioner for the City of Milwaukee. She is a Community Relations Innovation Expert with over 20 years of experience in government administration, industry, nonprofit Organizations, and civic engagement for a wide range of clients across the US and Mexico. 

Lady Tee Thompson is the principal of the international organization AgroBiz and the emerging Cashew Queens brand. Her calling is global advocacy for women’s self-sufficiency, African diaspora inclusion, youth & women's empowerment, agricultural skill transfer, investment matchmaking for minority business enterprises, and gender equality. She has been honored and has received many prestigious national, and international awards and acknowledgments for her body of work spanning 30 years and 14 countries.

ASL Interpreting and captioning to be provided.
For persons with disabilities please contact the ADA Coordinator at 414.286.3475 or adacoordinator@milwaukee.gov if you require other reasonable accommodations.

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