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Julija Zubac is the Coordinator for School Transformation, Restorative Communities at the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. As an educator, organizer, and activist, Julija manages the implementation of restorative justice practices, social emotional learning, trauma informed practices across a network of 19 high-need LAUSD schools in Boyle Heights, South Los Angeles, and Watts. Julija has worked on projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina, India and Mexico, and grew up in the ex-Yugoslavia, Italy and the U.S. She is a war survivor who was in the 1st grade when authoritarianism and extremist nationalism shattered her country. Julija will share her experiences and some ideas on how to respond in our current moment. At Penn, Julija co-founded the Race Dialogue Project and worked closely with student leaders at the GIC. | Carlos Rivera-Anaya is the Head of Marketing, AM & EMEA at MR PORTER. Carlos, a native of San Francisco with proud Central American and indigenous roots, lives in New York City and believes in the power of civic engagement.Carlos is a skilled Marketing Executive with over 12 years of experience in brand building, campaign planning, strategy development, and growth at scale. He has expertise across various online/offline marketing and media channels. An avid world traveler, Carlos is deeply concerned about international human rights abuses in our country and beyond, and he is helping get out the Latinx vote in 2020. At Penn, Carlos was the chair of the United Minorities Council and co-founded the Latino Dialogue Institute. | Efrén C. Olivares is the Director of the Racial and Economic Justice Program at the Texas Civil Rights Project. Efrén handles and supervises cases in state and federal court involving institutional discrimination, constitutional violations, immigrants’ rights, disability and economic rights, among others. Efrén immigrated from Mexico to Texas with his family at the age of 13, and is devoted to advocating for the constitutional and human rights of immigrants and their families. At Penn, he was President of Mex@Penn among other endeavors. You can read/watch interviews with Efrén here and in Can't Just Preach with John Legend. |
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