November 9-10, 2011
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
PROGRAM
Nov 9th - Marriot Courtyard Hotel – Charles River Ballroom
777 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
I. Health
II. Deportation
III. Community Advocacy
8:30 am Registration / Breakfast / Networking
9:30 am Opening Address:
· André Bradford, His Excellency the Regional Secretary of the Presidency of the Government of the Azores – PORTUGAL
10:00 am Key note speaker:
· Craig Mello, Recipient of The Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2006 – USA
“Human Rights and Quality of Life, one Scientists Perspective”
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am PaneL I: Health
Moderator: Paulo Pinto, MPA – MAPS Executive Director – USA
Panelists:
Gilberta Rocha, Ph. D. – Professor at University of Azores – PORTUGAL
“Desigualdades de Género – a violência conjugal nos Açores”
Fernanda Da Silva – Community worker/Coordinator for the AIDS Committee of Toronto Lesley (ACT) – CANADA
“HIV/AIDS Health Barriers of the Portuguese-speaking communities in Toronto, Canada”
Cidalia Pereira (Community Worker) & Marilia Santos (Counselor) Abrigo Centre – Toronto, CANADA
“The Aging Portuguese Community in Toronto – decreasing isolation”
Ana Nava, Ph. D. – Psychoterapist at the Cambridge Health Alliance, MA – USA
“I am not crazy” – Portuguese-speaking immigrants changing views
on Mental Health Services”
Branca Telles Ribeiro, Ph.D. – Associate Professor in the Intercultural Relations Program at Lesley University & Solange de Azambuja Lira, Ph.D. – Professor of Education at Lesley University – USA
“An analysis of Communicative Styles of Brazilian Healthcare Providers in US Healthcare Settings”
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm PaneL II: Deportation – PART I: Perspectives from US
Moderator: Maria da Graça Borges Castanho, Ph.D., Regional Director for the Communities, Government of the Azores – PORTUGAL
Panelists:
Leila Rosa, MA – Doctoral Candidate Universiy of South Florida – USA
“The Impact of geography in deportation: The Deportation of Cape Verdeans”
Daniel Kanstroom, J.D.; LL.M. - Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Program – Boston College Law School, Newton – USA
“Deportation, Human Rights, and the Unplanned Diaspora”
Helena Marques – Executive Director- Immigrants Assistant Center, New Bedford – USA
“Impact of Deportation on US Children and Families”
Painel II: Deportation-PartII: Perspectives from Portugal and Cape Verde
Suzete de Frias, ARRISCA, Azores – PORTUGAL
“Spining along the victim/offender cycle”
Paulo Fontes – Associação NOVO DIA, Azores – PORTUGAL
“Sem-Abrigo: condições intersubjectivas de reconhecimento
Dario Muhamudo – International Organization for Migration, Praia, CAPE VERDE
“Utilizando a Abordagem baseada nos Direitos Humanos para o Reforço das Capacidades das Autoridades Cabo Verdianas no Domínio da Gestão das Migrações e Fortalecimento de Laços com a Diáspora”
Joao Paulo Rodrigues, Researcher at Robert Schuman Institute, Azores – PORTUGAL
“O Barco e o Sonho – Deportação – Da teoria à prática”
3:45 pm BREAK
4:00 pm PaneL III: Community Advocacy
Moderator: Fátima Dias, University of Azores – PORTUGAL
Panelists:
Dawna M. Thomas, Ph.D. – Associate Professor in the Africana Studies and Chair of Women’s Gender Studies Department at Simmons College, Boston – USA
Gunga Tavares, Journalist and Cultural Attaché, Consulate General of Cape Verde, Boston – USA
“Breaking the Silence on Abuse in the Cape Verdean Family”
Helena Chaves Costa, Presidente da APAV-Açores – PORTUGAL
“O Apoio à vítima de crime: perspectiva do trabalho da APAV na defesa dos Direitos Humanos”
Rosa Farizo, Senior paralegal – South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc. – USA
“Senior Law Projects of SCCLS”
Joaquina Pires, Missão Santa Cruz, Montreal – CANADA
“A Situação dos idosos de origem Portuguesa na região Montreal: uma causa esquecida?”
Maria Pereira - Catholic Social Services & Teresa Larson- Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. – USA
“Sustainability of programs that address the quality of life of Portuguese Elders:
a challenge for the future”
Felicidade Rodrigues – Working Women Community Centre, Toronto, Canada
“Direitos Humanos no contexto da Mulher e o Trabalho no Canadá”
5:30 pm Lançamento dos livros:
À PROCURA DA GRANDE ESTRATÉGIA – DE ROOSELVET A OBAMA, de
Mário Mesquita
A VIOLÊNCIA DOMÉSTICA NA REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA DOS AÇORES – ESTUDO
SÓCIO-CRIMINAL, de Gilberta Rocha