Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015 Conference on Child Rights & Sight: Speakers
Special Guest
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Senator of Connecticut
Plenary Session
H.E. Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin
Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
H.E. Ambassador Edita Hrdá
Ambassador of Czech Republic to the United States
Ambassador Dr. Rohan Perera
Ambassador & Permanent Representative, Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to the United Nations
Nancy A. Donaldson
Director, International Labor Organization (Washington Office)
Gopal Mitra
Program Specialist (Children with Disabilities), UNICEF
Senator Chris Murphy (Video Message)
Connecticut Senator
Session I: Child Labor & Child Rights
Dr. Jane Aronson
Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation
Dr. Hosne Ara Begum
Executive Director, Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha
Tasik Ahmed
Vice Chairman, ATN Bangla Television
M. Hassan Ahamed Chowdhury
Chairman, Debate for Democracy
Dr. Ehsan Hoque
Founder & Executive Director, Distressed Children & Infants International
Session II: Leadership & Volunteerism
Hansen Clarke
Former U.S. Congressman: 13th Congressional District, Michigan
Patricia Ryan-Krause
Associate Professor of Nursing and Clinical Coordinator at the Center for International Nursing Scholarship and Education, Yale University
Adiba Mobin
Student, University of Texas Austin
Volunteer, Distressed Children & Infants International
DCI Stony Brook University Chapter
Meerah Shah, Alex Persaud, Tasnin Khan
Matthew D. Kaye, PhD
Director of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning, Sacred Heart University
Joined by Sacred Heart Volunteers: Angelique C. Carrier, Adyel Duran, Michaela Albano
Session III: Child Rights – Health & Environment
Paula Sotnik
Project Director, Institute for Community Inclusion,
School for Global Inclusion & Social Development, University of Massachusetts Boston
Dr. Tess Kulstad
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Grinnell College
Dr. Julie Stewart
Associate Professor & Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Sacred Heart University
Dr. Michelle A. Cole
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Sacred Heart University
Sonia Okorie
Student, Boston College
Dr. David T. Ives
Executive Director, The Albert Schweitzer Institute; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, and International Business, Quinnipiac University
Dr. Azizul Hoque
Cardiologist, Emory University
Session IV: Child Rights – Education & Development
Dr. Lori K. Sudderth, PhD
Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Quinnipiac University
Dr. Elma Kaiser
Assistant Professor of Social Work, Stockton University
Masud Chowdhury
Advisor, Distressed Children & Infants International
President, Concord Sonic
Chris Schweitzer
Director, New Haven/León Sister City Project
Salma Qadir
Chief Executive Director, Rights & Sight for Children
Michele Riondino
Professor of Canon Law & Children’s Rights, Pontifical Lateran University
Salman Khan (Video Message)
Founder & CEO, Khan Academy
Ian Burzynski
Development Officer, Distressed Children & Infants International