Refugee Youth Conference

By Utah Public Education, on October 3rd, 2012

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The 2nd Annual Refugee Youth Conference is on Oct. 12 at the University of Utah.

The line-up of presenters includes:

Roderic Land is an assistant professor at the University of Utah in the Department of Education, Culture & Society.
Adam Beehler is a Lecture Demonstration Specialist for the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah.
Jamal Willis is a motivational speaker, Gatorade All–‐American Athlete of the year, and former BYU/NFL 49er
Moisés Próspero is an Assistant Professor at the Utah Criminal Justice Center, College of Social Work at the University of Utah.

The conference is set up in a series of breakout sessions lead by the guest speakers. For more information go to http://refugee.utah.gov/

Also taking place this month is the 2012 Utah Refugee Conference. The event will be at the Salt Lake City Sheraton on Oct. 26-27. http://refugee.utah.gov/

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