
Human Rights Commemoration Day
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
9:00-10:00 AM |
Set Up, Registration & Check-In The Stewart E. Mott House 122 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 |
10:00-11:00 AM |
Opening Plenary -with-
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11:00-12:00 PM |
Anti-Gag Orders: The New Threat To Whistleblower Protections -with-
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12:00-1:00 PM |
Media Blackout: Genetically Modified Agriculture and the Media’s Failure to Address the Growing Problems Associated with it -with-
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1:00-2:00 PM |
Lunch Break (On Your Own) |
2:00-3:00 PM |
Money for Nothing: Why Are American Taxpayers Paying for Surveillance that Doesn’t Work? -with-
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3:00-4:00 PM |
Whistleblower Retaliation: Practical Advice and Needed Skills for Whistleblowers -with-
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4:00-5:00 PM |
Exposing U.S. Political Prosecutions & Human Rights Abuses -with-
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5:00-6:30 PM
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Welcome Reception / Pillar Awards Sponsored by Government Accountability Project (GAP) and Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
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Whistleblower Appreciation Day
Thursday, July 30, 2015
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Hart Senate Office Building Room 902 Washington, DC 20510 |
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9:00-10:00 AM |
Whistleblowers & Journalists: The State of The First Amendment -with-
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10:00-11:00 AM |
Whistleblower Rights Legislative Campaigns in the 114th Congress -with-
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11:00-12:00 AM |
Follow-up to Ferguson: How a Former Homicide Detective's Federal Lawsuit Attempts to Apply a Civil War-Era Law to Today's Civil Rights Violations -with-
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12:00-2:00 PM
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National Whistleblower Day Celebration Luncheon --Luncheon Registration Closed-- Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Hosted by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) Keynote Speakers
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2:00-3:00 PM |
The Stewart E. Mott House
122 Maryland Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
9/11 Financial Whistleblower Panel -with-
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3:00-4:00 PM |
Good Cop vs Bad Cop: Have violent gangs or racists hate groups infiltrated the U.S. military and local law enforcement -with-
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5:00-9:00 PM |
Whistleblower Book Signing / Film Screening Busboys & Poets (14th & V. Street) 2021 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Sponsored By Sharyl Attkisson Investigative Journalist and host of the upcoming Sunday morning news program "Full Measure" with Sharyl Attkisson, donated from a portion of the proceeds form her NYT bestseller "Stonewalled." Invited Authors:
Whistleblower Film Screening Screening of one or more Pillar Award Nominated Film(s)
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Civil Rights Celebration Day
Friday, July 31, 2015
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Rayburn House Office Building Room 2168 Washington, DC 20515
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9:00-10:00 AM |
Police Whistleblowers: Crossing the Thin Blue Line Is Not a Crime -with-
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10:00-11:00 AM |
STREET ORGANIZING: #Black Lives Matter-This Is The Movement! -with-
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11:00-12:00 Noon
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Civil Rights Whistleblowers and Stakeholders at the U.S. Department of Agriculture -with-
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12:00-1:00 PM |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Stakeholder Panel: Advance Rulemaking -with-
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1:00-2:00 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
2:00-3:00 PM |
Unraveling The Uneven Web of Whistleblower Protections: New Legal Strategies for fighting EEO claims under the WPA -with-
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3:00-4:00 PM |
Discrimination’s Adverse Affect On The Health And Wealth Of Black Federal Employees. -with-
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5:00-7:00 PM
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Solidarity Dinner/ Awards Reception (TBD) |
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