Elected Officials Advancing Hemispheric Priorities Through Inclusion and Diversity

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In anticipation of the annual 2018 LGBTQI leaders’ conference, join the LGBTQ Victory Institute, and Organization of American States, and the Inter-American Dialogue for a day of discussion on the opportunities and challenges that exist for LGBTQI leaders in the Americas. 

The event seeks to bring together LGBTQI leaders and key stakeholders to discuss the opportunities for advancing regional priorities through policies that foster inclusion and diversity, and counter the pervasive effects of discrimination and exclusion against LGBTQI people. The event will address four specific topics through the lens of the OAS thematic pillars: Democracy, Human Rights, Integral Development and Security.

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Agenda

9:00am – 9:30am

 

Registration

 

9:30am – 10:00 am

 

Outstanding opportunities in the Americas

 

    Panelists           

H.E. Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OAS

 

     

Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Institute

 

     

H.E. Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States

 

10:00am – 11:00am

 

The role of parliaments in fostering more inclusive democracies

 

   

Speakers 

Randy Boissonnault, Member of the Canadian Parliament and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on LGBTQ Issues, Canada 

Alberto de Belaunde, Member of Congress, Peru

Desiree de Sousa Croes, Former Senator, Aruba

 

   

Moderator         

H. E. Ambassador Jennifer Loten, Permanent Representative of Canada to the OAS

 

    Conclusions and Recommendations

Steven Griner, Director of the Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions, OAS

 

11:00am – 12:00pm 

         

 


A win-win: Inclusion and economic growth through integral development

 

    Speakers

Congressman David Cicilline, Members of the House of Representatives, USA  

Justin G. Nelson, President of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) 

 

    Moderator       

Janet Boyd, Director of Government Relations, The Dow Chemical Company 

 

    Conclusions and Recommendations  

Kim Hurtault-Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Organization of American States 

 

12:00pm – 1:00pm

 

Light Lunch and Networking 

 

1:00pm – 2:00pm 

         

 

Human Rights: the legal imperative of preventing discrimination and fostering inclusion

 

    Speakers    

Tamara Adrián, Member of the National Assembly, Venezuela 

Luis Eduardo Salazar, Presidential Commissioner on LGBTI Issues, Costa Rica

Jonathan Stevens, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership and International, AARP, USA

 

    Moderator       

Joan Caivano, Deputy to the President and Director of Special Projects, Inter-American Dialogue

 

    Conclusions and Recommendations

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director of the Department of Social Inclusion, OAS

 

2:00pm – 3:00pm 

         

 

Citizens without fear: building safe and secure societies for LGBTI people

 

    Speakers    

Jacqueline Montero, Member of Congress, Dominican Republic

Valerie Woods, Senator, Belize

 

    Moderator       

H.E. Ambassador Fernando Simas Magalhães, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the OAS

 

    Conclusions and Recommendations

Farah Diva Urrutia, Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Organization of American States

 

3:00pm – 3:30pm

 

Closing Session

 

   

Panelists  

María Claudia Pulido, Assistant Executive Secretary for the Monitoring, Promotion and Technical Cooperation, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

     

 

H.E. Ambassador Paula María Bertol, Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, United Nations

     


Gastão Alves de Toledo
, Secretary for Access to Rights and Equity, OAS

 

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