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AGENDA

Note: All times listed are PT

9:30 A.M. WELCOME REMARKS

Maggie Miller
Senior Director, Hilton Humanitarian Prize, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Peter Laugharn
President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Soledad O’Brien
CEO; Journalist; Producer; and Philanthropist
9:45 A.M. ABOVE GROUND: A POETRY READING WITH CLINT SMITH

Clint Smith
Writer; Educator; and Poet
10:00 A.M. Clint Smith Interview with:
Judy Belk
Senior Advisor, The California Wellness Foundation
10:15 A.M. CATALYSTS OF CHANGE: THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF BLACK FEMINIST MOVEMENTS

Tynesha McHarris
Co-Founder, Black Feminist Fund

Amoretta Morris
President, Borealis Philanthropy

Janis Rosheuvel
Senior Strategist for Learning and Reflection, Solidaire Network

Isha Sesay (Moderator)
Award-winning Journalist; Media Executive; and Author
10:50 A.M. Break
11:05 A.M.CULTIVATING ACTION: THE POWER OF NARRATIVE

Phillip Picardi
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Los Angeles LGBT Center

Kirsten Gelsdorf
Professor of Practice and Director of Global Humanitarian Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

Raj Kumar (Moderator)
President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex
11:40 A.M.FUNDING A HEALTHIER WORLD: WHEN HUMAN RIGHTS DRIVE DECISIONS

Alicia Ely Yamin
Lecturer, Harvard Law School; and Senior Advisor, Partners In Health

Dr. Angela Gichaga
CEO, Financing Alliance for Health

Dr. Githinji Gitahi
Group CEO, AMREF Health Africa

Peter Laugharn (Moderator)
President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
12:15 P.M.Break
1:00 P.M. HILTON HUMANITARIAN PRIZE CEREMONY HONORING ONE ACRE FUND

Video Presentation

Presentation of the 28th Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize

Acceptance Remarks
Andrew Youn
CEO and Co-Founder, One Acre Fund
1:20 P.M. Break
1:50 P.M. REMARKS FROM DR. RAJIV SHAH

Dr. Rajiv Shah
President, Rockefeller Foundation
2:05 P.M. ENDING GLOBAL HUNGER

Dr. Gérardine Mukeshimana
Vice-President of the International Fund of Agriculture Development; and Former Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Republic of Rwanda

Doreen Ndishabandi
Chief People & Partnerships Officer, One Acre Fund, Rwanda

Rebecca Vetharaniam Richards
Chief, Global Network Against Food Crises, Humanitarian-Development, Programme & Policy Division, World Food Programme

C.D. Glin (Moderator)
President, PepsiCo Foundation and Global Head of Philanthropy at PepsiCo, Inc.
2:40 P.M. POETRY READING WITH EMTITHAL MAHMOUD
2:50 P.M. THE ROOTS OF RESILIENCE: INDIGENOUS-LED RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Environmental Activist and Advocate for Indigenous Inclusion

Xiye Bastida
Climate Justice Activist and Member of the Mexican Otomi Indigenous Community

Emtithal Mahmoud
Poet; Activist; Founder; and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Zainab Salbi (Moderator)
Hilton Humanitarian Prize Juror; Founder, Women for Women International; TV Host; and Author
3:25 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS

Peter Laugharn
President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
3:30 P.M. MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Lokua Kanza
Award-winning Singer-Songwriter

Note that schedule is subject to change. Please check back for updates!