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Frances 'Sissy' Farenthold

Schedule

Thursday, April 23, 2015

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Registration Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm	Welcome & Introduction Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Ward Farnsworth, Dean & John Jeffers Research Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas at Austin
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm	Screening of Biographical Film Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Joe Bailey, Jr., Filmmaker; Rapoport Center Fellow
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Interview with Sissy Farenthold Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Evan Smith, Editor-in Chief, CEO, and Co-Founder, The Texas Tribune
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm	Launch of Online Exhibition: Frances T. "Sissy" Farenthold: A Noble Citizen Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Don Carleton, Executive Director, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law; Co-director & Founder, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law
6:15 pm – 6:30 pm	Screening of National Film Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Joe Bailey, Jr., Filmmaker; Rapoport Center Fellow
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Reception Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)

Friday, April 24, 2015

8:30 am – 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
9:00 am – 11:00 am	[National Panel] Reproductive Rights & Gay Rights: Unexpected Trajectories Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Cary Franklin, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law Panelists: Khiara Bridges, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Boston University School of Law Mary Anne Case, Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School Ray Hill, LGBT Activist; Founder and Host, “The Prison Show” Rachel Rebouché, Associate Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law Louise Trubek, Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, University of Wisconsin Law School Archival materials for national panel
11:00 am – 11:20 am	Break Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
11:20 am – 11:30 am	Screening of International Film Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Joe Bailey, Jr., Filmmaker; Rapoport Center Fellow
11:30 am – 1:15 pm	[International Panel] Peace, Disarmament, and the International Women’s Movement Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law; Co-director & Founder, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law Panelists: Peggy Antrobus, Institution Builder, Activist, Writer Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies; Fellow, Transnational Institute (Amsterdam) Arvonne Fraser, US Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women; Senior Fellow Emerita, University of Minnesota James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin Archival materials for international panel
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm	Screening of State Film Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Joe Bailey, Jr., Filmmaker; Rapoport Center Fellow
3:10 pm – 5:00 pm	[State Panel] The Dirty 30 Today: Texas Electoral Politics and the Vocal Minority Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Panelists: James Dunnam, Attorney; Former Texas State Representative (1996-2011) Sylvia Garcia, Texas State Senator Curtis Graves, Former Texas State Representative (1967-73) Trey Martinez Fischer, Texas State Representative Co-Chairs: Erica Grieder, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly Christopher Hooks, Journalist, Texas Observer Archival materials for state panel
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm	Closing Remarks Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Frances T. “Sissy” Farenthold *Schedule subject to minor changes