Check out details on sessions, presenters for 32nd Annual Conference for Human Rights

Registration is free and all ages are welcome to this virtual event!

Join the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights for the 32nd Annual Conference for Human Rights that takes place virtually from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, December 10.

The conference is free but pre-registration is required. Go to http://kcowa.us/hrc to register. 

The conference will feature a roundtable discussion and multiple break-out session including:
(Click on the highlighted sessions to link to previews including descriptions and presenter info.)

• This is Home: Our Bodies, Our Communities, Our Planet - A Round Table Conversation with Local Leaders
• Becoming Kin - An Indigenous Call for Kinship with Christine Barone
• From Collective Rupture to Collective Repair with Danielle S. Rueb Castillejo
• Affirming Gender Diversity: Gender Affirming Language 101 with Elizabeth Holmes
• Our Human Right to a Livable World with John Doherty
• Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis: A Progress Report with Jessica Guidry and Maria Fergus
• MOVE: Disrupting Racism by Restoring Connection with Your Body with Jane Peterson
• Empathic Listening to the Life Within and All Around Us with David Weinstock
• Everyone Deserves a Home: Breaking Down the Myths of Homelessness with Kirsten Jewell
• Youth Mental Health with Maria Fergus, Loren "LJ" Sides, Chasity Malatesta and Kimberly Riley.
• Making Homes, Not Houses: Community Building to End Homelessness with Madison Roszak and Scott Willard
• How a Community Grew from Grief and Loss with Wendie Pond

The annual Linda Gabriel Awards will be announced during the conference, recognizing youth, individuals and organizations in Kitsap County who have made significant contributions to human rights. 

Visit the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights website for more information at kcowa.us/hrc.

Questions? Contact Rebecca Pirtle in the Commissioners' Office at [email protected].

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