Events Calendar
Rapoport Center: Sissy at 100
- Date:
- October 2, 2026
- Start:
- All day event
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- Location:
- CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
- For more info:
- https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/sissyat100/
Join the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice and the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice to celebrate what would have been Sissy Farenthold’s 100th birthday.
This two-day celebration is the culmination of a year-long series of programs honoring Sissy’s life, leadership, and legacy. The celebration will feature documentary film screenings, dialogues on reproductive justice, peace and disarmament, and environmental justice, as well as a keynote address by Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward.
Friday, October 2 9:00 a.m. — Pastries & Coffee
9:30 a.m. — Keynote Address Skye Perryman President & CEO, Democracy Forward
Introduced by Neville Hoad
11:00 a.m. — Dialogue on Peace & Disarmament Genevieve Vaughan Peace and Justice Activist and Writer; Founder, Foundation for a Compassionate Society; Maternal Gift Economy Movement
Maylene Hughes Nuclear Threats Program Senior Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles
Moderated by Roxanne Elder Former Staff, American Friends Service Committee, Nuclear Freeze Campaign, and the Office of Governor Ann Richards
1:30 p.m. — Dialogue on Reproductive Justice Representative Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores (’80) Member, Texas House of Representatives; Partner, Hendler Flores Law
Zoraima Pelaez (’22) Staff Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Moderated by Karen Engle Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and Co-director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas
3:00 p.m. — Dialogue on Environmental Justice Terry O’Rourke (’71) Environmental Lawyer; Legal Adviser to Sissy Farenthold
Bekah Hinojosa Co-founder, South Texas Environmental Justice Network
Moderated by Gerald Torres Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment
4:30–5:00 p.m. — Closing
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Prospective students
- Texas Law alumni
- Faculty
- Staff
- General public
- Sponsored by:
- Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.