Wednesday, October 9, 2013
6 - 7 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Chair: James N. Green, History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
• Richard Locke, Director, Watson Institute for International Studies
• Ambassador Cézar Amaral, Brazilian Consulate, Hartford, CT
• President Ricardo Lagos, Professor at Large, Brown University, and former president of Chile
• Nelson Vieira, Chair, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
7 - 8 p.m. Keynote Lecture: “The Human Rights Movement in Brazil”
• Paulo Abrão, President of the Amnesty Commission
8 - 9 p.m. Reception
Thursday, October 10, 2013
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Amnesty, Memory, and Human Rights
Chair: Nelson Vieira
• Carla Simone Rodghero, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Rebecca Atencio, Tulane University
• Marcelo Torrely, Brasília University (visiting researcher at Harvard Law School)
• James N. Green and Adam Waters, Brown University
12 - 2 p.m. Lunch
2 - 4 p.m. The Campaign against the Brazilian Dictatorship in the United States
Chair: Richard Snyder, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Anivaldo Padilha, former editor, Brazilian Information Bulletin, Berkeley, CA
• Marcos Arruda, founder, Committee against Repression in Brazil, Washington, DC
• William Wipfler, former director, Latin American Department, National Council of Churches
• Paul Silberstein, former collaborator, Brazilian Information Bulletin, Berkeley, CA
• Jovelino Ramos, retired Presbyterian minister, human rights activist
4 - 5 p.m. Honoring Human Rights Activists
Chair: Paulo Abrão
• Five-minute presentations about honorees by Brown students Megan Hauptman, Lanna Leite, Joaquim Moreira Salles, and Emma Wohl.
• Awarding of certificates from the Brazilian Amnesty Commission to recognize the participation in human rights campaigns in the United States during the dictatorship to Marcos Arruda, Anivaldo Padilha, Jovelino Ramos, Paul Silberstein, Harry Strharsky, Lorreta Sthrharsky, and William Wipfler.
Sponsored by the Comissão de Anistia, Ministry of Justice, Brazil
