Speeches & Trainings
  • Overview 2003-2010: Trains NGO leaders, lawyers, judges, law enforcement agencies, and service providers from around the world on immigration and human-rights related issues. Frequently consulted by press on immigration issues.

  • Immigrants, Know Your Rights. Trainer. Northern Virginia Region, more than 50 presentations to more than 5,000 lawyers, social service providers, religious leaders, government officials, and immigrants, October 2007 to present.

  • More Than You Bargained For, Or Pled To (Immigration Consequences of Crimes), Trainer, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Manassas, VA, March 18, 2010.

  • Basics of Immigration Law. Trainer. Acts/Turning Points Domestic Violence, Woodbridge, VA, January 25, 2010.

  • Changing Womens Lives. Speaker. Soroptomists, Manassas Chapter, Manassas, VA, October 8, 2009
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  • AILA 2009 Annual Conference, “Was This in the Cards? 287(g) Agreements.” Speaker. Las Vegas, NV, June 3-6, 2009.

  • U and T Visa Winchester Area Law Enforcement Training. Trainer. Winchester Police Department, Winchester, VA, April 10, 2009.

  • Know Your Rights. Trainer. Mexican Consulate Day in Winchester – more than 600 immigrants and consulate officials, Winchester, VA, April 4, 2009.

  • Neighborhood Community Training – Know Your Rights. Trainer. Manassas, VA, November 15, 2008.

  • Causes of Migration. Speaker. Mt. Vernon Unitarian Universalist Church, Alexandria, VA, October 5, 2008.

  • AILF/AILA Litigation Institute. Participant. Chevy Chase, MD, September 12-14, 2008. Immigration Advocacy 101 – Community Training. Organizer and Trainer. Manassas, VA, September 6, 2008.

  • Dialogue on Immigration: Its Causes, Effects and Solutions. Speaker and Facilitator. Northern Virginia Region, more than five presentations, October 2007 to present.

  • U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Virginia State Advisory Committee, Participant at a Hearing on Effect of Prince William County Resolution on Immigrants Committee. Woodbridge, VA, December 14, 2007.

  • Being Courageous Women: Vigil for Victims of Violence. Speaker. Bethany College, Bethany, WV, March 28, 2007.

  • Supporting the Emergence of Women’s Rights as Human Rights. Speaker. Prince William County Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Council, Manassas, VA, January 19, 2007.

  • Trafficking of Women. Panelist. Huguenot Republican Women’s Club, Richmond, VA, November 15, 2006.

  • Global Context of Violence Against Women. Guest Instructor. Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA, November 2, 2006.

  • Trafficking in Women. Speaker. Hosted by University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, September 27, 2006.

  • Out of the Shadows: Women’s Rights Emerge as Human Rights. Speaker. Hosted by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA ,March 8, 2006 (International Women’s Day).

  • Modern Day Slavery: Trafficking in Women. Speaker. Hosted by University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, February 22, 2006.

  • Women’s International Human Rights. Speaker. Hosted by Bethany College, Bethany, WV, March 28, 2005
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  • Domestic Violence and Immigration (Migrant & Refugee Cultural Support, Inc. and Montgomery County Abused Persons Program). Trainer. Montgomery County, MD, January 14 and 20, 2005.

  • Women’s International Human Rights. Speaker. Hosted by Randolph-Macon Amnesty Chapter, Ashland, VA, December 9, 2004.

  • University of Maryland Advance Showing of Hotel Rwanda. Panelist on Women in Conflict Zones. Hosted by University of Maryland Amnesty International Chapter, College Park, MD, December 7, 2004.

  • HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women: Are Women More Vulnerable to HIV Infection? Moderator and Panelist. Hosted by Amnesty International, Washington, DC, December 1, 2004.

  • Amnesty International 2004 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Co-Trainer and Co-Roundtable Host on Reproductive Rights as Human Rights. Hosted by Amnesty International, College Park, MD, November 13, 2004.

  • Using Psychological Evidence. Organizer. Washington, DC, October 17, 2004.

  • NGO Development for Ukrainian Women. Trainer on Violence Against Women Issues. Hosted by Vital Voices Global Partnership, Washington, DC, September 2, 2004.

  • Amnesty International Mid-Atlantic Regional Field Office Leadership Training. Trainer on Violence Against Women Issues. Hosted by Amnesty International, Washington, DC, August 14-15, 2004.

  • Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project Advocate Training, Panelist on Immigration Issues. Hosted by Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project, Washington, DC, July 10-11, 2004.

  • Women and Human Rights. Panelist. Hosted by Public Leadership Education Network, Washington, DC, May 26, 2004.

  • Know Your Immigration Rights. Panelist. Hosted by Council of American Muslim Professionals, College Park, MD, May 23, 2004.

  • How to Work With the Media in Trafficking and Other Sensitive Situations. Trainer. Hosted by Vital Voices Global Partnership and Internews Network, Washington, DC, April 29, 2004.

  • Rape as a Human Rights Violation. Presenter. Hosted by Women’s Law Network, and Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Washington, DC, April 27, 2004.

  • Family Law Basics in Domestic Violence Claims and Safety Planning and Economic Empowerment for Domestic Violence Victims. Organizer. Washington, DC, April 21, 2004.

  • USAID-Funded, Three-Day Training for 30 Russian NGO Leaders. Organizer and Trainer. Trained Russian women leaders on domestic violence, trafficking, discrimination against women, the history of the women’s movement, self-empowerment, and NGO capacity building issues. Hosted by Femina, Tatarstan, Russia, April 2-3, 2004.

  • Oneness of Humanity as a Contemporary Legal Principle. Panelist. Hosted by Columbia Law School, New York, NY, March 27, 2004.

  • Chasing Freedom Screening. Panelist on Asylum Issues. Hosted by Migrant and Refugee Cultural Support, Inc., Rockville, MD, March 11, 2004.

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  • The Global Epidemic of Human Trafficking. Presenter. Hosted by Dallas Bahai Center, Dallas, TX, March 5, 2004.

  • Female Genital Mutilation. Presenter. Hosted by Zonta International, Atlantic City, NJ, February 9, 2004. Persuasive Writing for NGO Leaders. Organizer. Washington, DC, January 15, 2004.

  • Immigration Basics. Presenter. Hosted by Shelter House, Falls Church, VA, November 18, 2003.

  • Safety Planning for Domestic Violence Victims and Service Providers, Organizer. Falls Church, VA, October 8, 2003.

  • The Comfort Women Then and Now: From Exploitation to Empowerment. Panelist. Hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia for the Debut of Lines of Violation Sculpture Commemorating the Comfort Women of WWII, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2003