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Agenda
9:00 am: Registration
9:30 am: Welcome + Opening
Maya Wiley, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
9:45 am: Keynote Address
Ruha Benjamin, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University, Founding Director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab
10:00 am: Live Podcast
Tech Policy Press: “What Keeps You Up at Night?”
- Moderator: Justin Hendrix, CEO & Editor, Tech Policy Press
- Ruha Benjamin, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University, Founding Director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab
- Alejandra Montoya-Boyer, Vice President, Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
10:45 am: Break
11:00 am: Moderated Panel
The Surveillance State: What’s happening and how it works
Government Surveillance and Civil Rights (one-pager)
- Moderator: Lia Nitake, Senior Director, Technology, Telecommunications and Media Policy, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
- Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Director, Liberty and National Security, Brennan Center for Justice
- Steven Cash, Executive Director, The Steady State
- Kia Hamadanchy, Senior Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Michael Huggins, Deputy Senior Director, Policy and Government Affairs, Color of Change
- Paromita Shah, Co-founder and Executive Director, Just Futures Law
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: First Breakout Session
Choose one session to attend
Working Session – Building AI Right: How companies can use our Innovation Framework to protect civil rights
Location: Senate Room
- Moderator: Frank Torres, Senior Advisor, Privacy & AI, The Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Kasia Chmielinski, Consulting Senior Technology & AI Advisor, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Chanelle Hardy, Head of Public Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, Google
Panel – Protecting the Midterms: Preparing for election-related disinformation and AI use
Location: Georgia Room
- Moderator: Madeline Chawla, Senior Manager, Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights”
- Héctor Sánchez Barba, President and CEO, Mi Familia Vota
- Hillary Medina-Loveless, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Programs, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Jenny Liu, Senior Manager, Disinformation and Misinformation Policy, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
- Alex Ault, Policy Counsel, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Panel – Can They Do That?: How the FCC’s culture wars impact our communities
Location: Rhode Island Room
- Moderator: Alisa Valentin, Director, Broadband Policy, Public Knowledge
- Andrea Fiegl, Senior Policy Director, Media and Technology, Common Cause
- Cheryl Leanza, Policy Advisor, United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry
- Daiquiri Ryan Mercado, Director of Advocacy, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC)
- Carmen Scurato, Senior Policy Counsel, Senator Ben Ray Luján
1:55 pm: Break
2:05 pm: Second Breakout Session
Choose one session to attend
Messaging Workshop – How to Make AI Matter: Harnessing the popularity of AI safeguards
Location: Senate Room
- Moderator: Mariah Wildgen, Senior Communications Manager, Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Tenneth Fairclough II, Senior Analyst, Data for Progress
- Sacha Haworth, Executive Director, Tech Oversight Project
- Dr. Brian Kennedy, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center
- Liv Kittel, Vice President, Spitfire Strategies
- Chris MacKenzie, Vice President, Communications, Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI)
Panel – Know What You’re Using: AI literacy training for our communities
Location: Georgia Room
- Moderator: Madeline Chawla, Senior Manager, Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Claudia Ruiz, Senior Civil Rights Policy Advisor, UnidosUS
- Sam Boehms, Specialist, AI and Digital Access, Hispanic Federation
- Angel Lin, Policy Associate, Technology, Telecom & Media, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
- Adeyinka Ogunlegan, Chief of Staff and Vice President, Federal Affairs
National Urban League
Panel – Grassroots Power and Data Centers: Lessons from community-based organizing
Location: Rhode Island Room
- Moderator: Narda Jones, Former Director of Legislative Affairs, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Abre’ Conner, Director, Environmental and Climate Justice, The NAACP
- KeShaun Pearson, Director, Memphis Campaign Against Pollution
- Andrea Reyes, Senior Organizing Strategist, TechTonic Justice
- Dr. Khalil Shahyd, Senior Strategist, Environmental and Equity Strategies, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Michael Turner, Vice Chair and Ashburn District Supervisor, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
3:00 pm: Break
3:15 pm: Moderated Panel
Economic Opportunity in the Digital Age: AI’s impact on the racial wealth gap
AI in the Racial Wealth Gap (executive summary | handout)
- Moderator: Madeline Chawla, Senior Manager, Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Nadiyah Humber, Associate Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
- Yvette Pappoe, Associate Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
- Darlis Pantoja-Benavides, Ph.D. Candidate, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Dr. Michael Akinwumi, Chief AI Officer, National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)
- Crystal Weise, Policy & Programs Director, AFL-CIO Tech Institute
4:15 pm: Closing
Alejandra Montoya-Boyer, Vice President, Center for Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
4:30 pm: Reception
Remarks: Congresswoman Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Co-chair, House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy
Materials
The Center for Civil Rights and Technology (one-pager)
AI in the Racial Wealth Gap (executive summary | handout)
Government Surveillance and Civil Rights (one-pager)
The Innovation Framework (website | one-pager | report)
When Machines Discriminate: The Critical Role of Disparate Impact in Accountability (one-pager | report)
AI & Tenant Screening (one-pager | brief)
Snapshot: Civil Rights, AI, and Privacy (report)
Snapshot: Affordable Connectivity Program (one-pager | report)
DOGE Brief Series
- DOGE and Government Privacy (brief)
- Immigration, DOGE, and Data Privacy (brief)
- Federal Efforts to Expand Access to Data from State-Run Programs and Individual Privacy (brief)
- How Federal Efforts to Access Voter Data Affect Our Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Democracy (brief)
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