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SUMMARY:Rapoport Center: Sissy at 100
DESCRIPTION:<p>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.</p>
  <p>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 &amp; CEO of Democracy Forward.</p>
  <p>Friday, October 2
  9:00 a.m. — Pastries &amp; Coffee</p>
  <p>9:30 a.m. — Keynote Address
  Skye Perryman
  President &amp; CEO, Democracy Forward</p>
  <p>Introduced by Neville Hoad</p>
  <p>11:00 a.m. — Dialogue on Peace &amp; Disarmament
  Genevieve Vaughan
  Peace and Justice Activist and Writer; Founder, Foundation for a Compassionate Society; Maternal Gift Economy Movement</p>
  <p>Maylene Hughes
  Nuclear Threats Program Senior Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles</p>
  <p>Moderated by Roxanne Elder
  Former Staff, American Friends Service Committee, Nuclear Freeze Campaign, and the Office of Governor Ann Richards</p>
  <p>1:30 p.m. — Dialogue on Reproductive Justice
  Representative Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores (’80)
  Member, Texas House of Representatives; Partner, Hendler Flores Law</p>
  <p>Zoraima Pelaez (’22)
  Staff Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project</p>
  <p>Moderated by Karen Engle
  Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and Co-director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas</p>
  <p>3:00 p.m. — Dialogue on Environmental Justice
  Terry O’Rourke (’71)
  Environmental Lawyer; Legal Adviser to Sissy Farenthold</p>
  <p>Bekah Hinojosa
  Co-founder, South Texas Environmental Justice Network</p>
  <p>Moderated by Gerald Torres
  Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment</p>
  <p>4:30–5:00 p.m. — Closing</p>\n\nIf you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>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.</p>
  <p>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 &amp; CEO of Democracy Forward.</p>
  <p>Friday, October 2
  9:00 a.m. — Pastries &amp; Coffee</p>
  <p>9:30 a.m. — Keynote Address
  Skye Perryman
  President &amp; CEO, Democracy Forward</p>
  <p>Introduced by Neville Hoad</p>
  <p>11:00 a.m. — Dialogue on Peace &amp; Disarmament
  Genevieve Vaughan
  Peace and Justice Activist and Writer; Founder, Foundation for a Compassionate Society; Maternal Gift Economy Movement</p>
  <p>Maylene Hughes
  Nuclear Threats Program Senior Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles</p>
  <p>Moderated by Roxanne Elder
  Former Staff, American Friends Service Committee, Nuclear Freeze Campaign, and the Office of Governor Ann Richards</p>
  <p>1:30 p.m. — Dialogue on Reproductive Justice
  Representative Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores (’80)
  Member, Texas House of Representatives; Partner, Hendler Flores Law</p>
  <p>Zoraima Pelaez (’22)
  Staff Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project</p>
  <p>Moderated by Karen Engle
  Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and Co-director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas</p>
  <p>3:00 p.m. — Dialogue on Environmental Justice
  Terry O’Rourke (’71)
  Environmental Lawyer; Legal Adviser to Sissy Farenthold</p>
  <p>Bekah Hinojosa
  Co-founder, South Texas Environmental Justice Network</p>
  <p>Moderated by Gerald Torres
  Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment</p>
  <p>4:30–5:00 p.m. — Closing</p><p>If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event
                                          event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at <a href="mailto:specialevents@law.utexas.edu">specialevents@law.utexas.edu</a> no later than seven business days prior to the event.</p>

LOCATION:CCJ 2.306 - Eidman Courtroom
URL:http://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2026/10/02/90958/
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COMMENT:https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/sissyat100/
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