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"Investing for Change": Conference on Responsible Investing at UCLA
Agenda outline --all events are in Kerckhoff Grand Salon.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2007
9:15
Arrive/Sign In/Breakfast
10:00
Welcome and overview of the day
Speakers: Azadeh Ghafari, Josie Lee, Amnesty International at UCLA; Morgan Simon, Responsible Endowments Coalition
10:15
Introductions--get to know each other!
10:30
Session 1: Responsible Investing 101—Overview of the basics of Responsible Investing and the ways that endowments can be leveraged for social justice.
Speakers: Morgan Simon, Responsible Endowments Coalition; Lisa Sachs, Amnesty International Business and Human Rights Program
11:30
10 minute break
11:40-12:20
Environment Panel — How responsible investing practices can support work on climate change, environmental justice and much more...
Speakers: Steve Scholl-Buckwald, Pesticide Action Network; Michelle Chan-Fischel, Friends of the Earth; Mitch Anderson, Amazon Watch
(25 minutes of presentation; 15 minutes of Q&A)
12:20-1:10
Human Rights Panel— How RI tools can be used to defend human rights globally and fight corporate complicity in abuses by governments
Speakers: Patricia Jurewicz, As You Sow, SEIU Capital Stewardship Program Representative; Lisa Leff, Trillium Asset Management; Greg Regaignon, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
(35 minutes of presentation; 15 minutes of Q&A)
1:10-2:05
Lunch with the panelists---opportunity to ask more questions and learn more about the panelists’ careers and interests
2:05-2:20
What do we know about the UC Endowment?
Presenter: Montgomery Norton
2:20-3:50
Session 3: What can you do and How do you do it? A presentation and discussion about the ways to engage the UC system, and an opportunity to share campaign experiences and organizing methods with fellow participants.
3:50-4:00
10 minute break
4:00-5:30
Session 4: time for ACTION! Discussion groups by campus and then all together to start planning a campaign on the respective campuses and system-wide.
6:00
Dinner
6:20
Keynote Speaker: Adam Sterling, director of the National Sudan Divestment Taskforce, breaks down how he lead a successful campaign getting the UC regents to divest from Sudan!
7:15
Closing Remarks and Evaluations
Speakers: Azadeh Ghafari, Josie Lee, Amnesty International at UCLA; Morgan Simon, Responsible Endowments Coalition
7:30
Entertainment
with Slam Poet of Def Poetry Jam Fame Mark Gonzalez, Question Authority, and more (other entertainers TBA)
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