2026 — Creative Resistance: Artivism, Technology, and the Right to Dissent

Welcome, Prayer, and Opening Remarks

Natalie Florea Hudson, University of Dayton
Timothy Driscoll S.M., University of Dayton
Eric F. Spina, University of Dayton
Kaylee Ballard, University of Dayton

Kennedy Union Torch Lounge

8:00 AM

Plenary 1 - Activism as Resistance

Zainab Fasiki
Lincoln Schreiber
Crack Rodriguez
ShaDawn Battle, Xavier University - Cincinnati
Jewher Ilham

Kennedy Union Boll Theatre

9:15 AM

Plenary 2 - Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights: A Focus on Race and Gender

Janet Gbam
Adebayo Oluwayomi, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Julio C. Mateo, Charles F. Kettering Foundation
Dani Pinter, NCOSE Law Center
Adebayo Okeowo, Witness

Kennedy Union Boll Theatre

3:30 PM

Keynote Address - The Blessings of Fiction: How Novels Invented Human Rights

Varun Gauri, Princeton University

Roger Glass Center for the Arts

7:45 PM

Plenary 3 - The Future of International Law

Brenda Akia, United Nations CEDAW Committee
Bonnie Jenkins
Vasuki Nesiah, New York University

Kennedy Union Boll Theatre

8:30 AM

Plenary 4 - Upholding the Human Right to Protest and Dissent

Monique Clesca
Michael Nyarko
Carrie Booth Walling, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Kennedy Union Boll Theatre

3:45 PM