Agenda Midwest Regional Hearing Friday, July 22, 2005 • 11:00 A.M. Dorsey & Whitney 50 South Sixth Street, Ste. 1500 Minneapolis, MN Commission Members National Commissioners Charles Mathias, Honorary Chairman; Bill Lann Lee, Chairman; Hon. John Buchanan; Chandler Davidson; Dolores Huerta; Elsie Meeks; Charles Ogletree, Joe Rogers Guest Commissioner Matthew Little, Chairman of Minnesota NAACP States Covered Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming Click panelist's name to view testimony 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Chair: Call to Order 11:30 AM– 1:00 PM First Panel: • Congressional Statements for Record Hon. William Lacy Clay, U.S. House of Representatives, 1st District, Missouri Hon. Emanuel Cleaver, U.S. House of Representatives, 5th District, Missouri • Mark Ritchie – President, Center for Agriculture & Trade Policy • Alice Tregay – Rainbow Push Coalition • Hon. Gwen Moore, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th District, Wisconsin • Ihsan Alkhatib – President, Detroit Chapter, Arab American Anti-discrimination Committee 1:00 PM– 2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK 2:00 PM– 3:30 PM Second Panel: • Hon. Michael Murphy – Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, Michigan • Maggie Kazel - Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College • Ellen Katz – Professor, University of Michigan Law School • Gwen Carr – Native Vote Coordinator, Wisconsin • Elona Street Stewart – Chair, St. Paul School Board • Jorge Sanchez – Acting Regional Counsel, Chicago Regional Office, MALDEF 3:30 PM– 3:40 PM BREAK 3:40 PM– 5:00 PM Third Panel: • Greg Moore – Executive Director, NAACP National Voter Fund • Michael Sayers, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians • Janet Robideau – Executive Director of Montana’s People’s Action and Indian People’s Action • Hon. Carol Juneau, 85th District, Montana 5:00 PM– 5:10 PM BREAK 5:10 PM– 6:10 PM Fourth Panel: • Judson Miner– Partner, Miner, Barnhill & Galland • Hon. Patrick Goggles, U.S. House of Representatives, District 33, Wyoming • Kat Choi, Program Director, Korean American Resource and Cultural Center 6:10 PM– 6:45 PM Panel Five: Public Testimony • Kathy Dopp • Shade Buyobe-Hammond • Sunday Alabi • Cheryl Morgan-Spencer 6:45 PM– 7:00 PM Closing Remarks Back to main page   Southern Regional Hearing Montgomery, Alabama March 11, 2005 Southwest Regional Hearing Phoenix, AZ April 7, 2005 Northeast Regional Hearing New York, New York June 14, 2005 Midwest Regional Hearing Minneapolis, Minnesota July 22, 2005 South Georgia Hearing Americus, Georgia August 2, 2005 Florida Hearing Orlando, Florida 80th National Convention of the National Bar Association August 4, 2005 South Dakota Hearing Rapid City, South Dakota September 9, 2005 Western Regional Hearing Los Angeles, California September 27, 2005 Mid-Atlantic Regional Hearing Washington, DC October 14, 2005 Mississippi Hearing Jackson, Mississippi October 29, 2005