MoveSmart.org is 'slightly delayed blogging' (there's limited wifi access in the room; this will be udpated as frequently as possible) for the IDHR-sponsored “Race & Public Policy: A Dialogue to Remember” on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at the Thompson Center.

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10:40am – Bobbie Wanzo, the deputy director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights, calls the room to order and introduces the panel. She frames the discussion as a celebration of Human Rights Day 2009, for which the United Nations has set as a theme “celebrating diversity”. She notes that IDHR is a 'human rights' agency and operates out of a human rights framework. IDHR has produced brochures and materials in 11 languages (and is working to expand into even more) and has staff that is fluent in Spanish, Polish, and Korean. They have trained more than 12,000 individuals over the past year.