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::''[[Soraya MireMiré]]'', and Entertainment by ''Karl Anthony''
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* '''[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]''', RN, is the founder and director of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers ([[NOCIRC]]) and coordinator of the International Symposia on Circumcision, Sexual Mutilations, and Genital Integrity. She is the co-editor of the symposia books, ''Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy'' (1997), ''Male and Female Circumcision: Medical Legal and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice'' (1999), ''Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem'' (2001), ''Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society'' (2004), ''Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change'' (2006), ''Circumcision and Human Rights'' (Springer 2008), ''Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice'' (2010), editor of the NOCIRC Annual Newsletter, and the NOCIRC Fall Update. San Anselmo, California, USA.
* '''[[Soraya Miré]]''' was born in Somalia, immigrated to Europe at age 17, and studied literature and political science at the University of Grenoble. In 1984, Miré moved to Los Angeles to begin a film career. She is an award-winning director, writer, and activist. Her segment on FGM was featured in the Vagina Monologues and her documentary, Fire Eyes, which highlights the barbaric practice of FGM, was featured at the International Women’s Conference in Beijing, the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, and the United Nations in Geneva. Miré has received numerous awards, including the “Humanitarian Award” (United Nations Sub-Commission Sessions), “Winnie Mandela Award” (John Jay College of Criminal Justice), “Best Documentary” (United Nations International Conference on Population and Development), “Human Rights Award” (International Symposia on Circumcision), and Intact America’s “Personal Courage Award 2009.” She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and Nightline with Ted Koppel. She lectures at colleges and universities and has stood before committees at the UN, US Senate Human Resources and Health Assembly, and the World Health Organization. She works with medical professionals, government officials, and women and families who have been affected by FGM, persistently protecting human rights. Los Angeles, California, USA.
* '''Miriam Pollack''', an educator in private practice, has been advocating for genital integrity for Jewish as well as non-Jewish baby boys for the past 19 years by writing, speaking, counseling Jewish parents, and providing alternative brit b’lee milah ceremonies for interested parents. Her article, “Circumcision: A Jewish Feminist Perspective,” was published in Jewish Women Speak Out: Expanding the Boundaries of Psychotherapy (Canopy Press, 1995), her paper, “Circumcision: Redefining the Sacred,” was published in ''Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy'' (New York and London: Plenum Press, 1997), and her paper, “Circumcision: If It Isn’t Ethical, Can It Be Spiritual?,” was published in ''Circumcision and Human Rights'' (2009). She appeared in the documentary, Whose Body, Whose Rights? Boulder, Colorado, USA.
::''Leonard B. Glick'' and ''Mark D. Reiss''
* Banquet, Standing Up for the Rights of Children<br>
===Saturday, July 31===
The proceedings are published in ''[https://www.amazon.com/Genital-Cutting-Protecting-Religious-Infringements/dp/9400764065/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Genital+Cutting%3A+Protecting+Children+from+Medical%2C+Cultural%2C+and+Religious+Infringements&qid=1579351583&s=books&sr=1-1 Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements]'', edited by George C. Denniston, Frederick M. Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, Springer, 2013.
==Symposium Organizersorganizers ==
* [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], R. N.
* [[Frederick M. Hodges| Frederick Mansfield Hodges]], D. Phil.