Urban Morgan Institute Alumni Updates

We are very excited to be gearing up for the launch of the Situational Analysis (the big reportwe’ve been working on that summarizes our findings from the data collection with interviewsof acid attack survivors.) The launch will involve the presentation of our findings to members ofParliament in Uganda and we’re planning to live stream the event so you all can attend!As we move into this next phase of getting a law against acid attacks in Uganda, we want to introduce you to members of the RISE team who have been working so hard to make this a reality!

Arnold Agaba (pictured left) is RISE's Legal Advisor. He is a doctoral candidate at McGill

University Institute of Air and Space Law. After his undergraduate training in Uganda, he
received an LLM with a focus on international law and human rights from the University of
Cincinnati’s LLM (master of laws) program in 2016. It was while living in Cincinnati and
attending UC’s LLM program that Arnold first met Angie. He previously headed the department
of law and jurisprudence at Kampala International University and taught law in several
institutions, including his alma mater Uganda Christian University. Arnold will be spearheading
the launch of the report and meetings with members of the Ugandan Parliament.

Dr. Angie Vredeveld (pictured middle) is RISE's founder & director. She is a clinical psychologist
who founded Immigration Psychology Services in Cincinnati, Ohio. Although she had been to
Uganda twice before, it was her work with immigrants and refugees that took her to Uganda in
2014, and this is when she first met an acid attack survivor. After getting back to the US, Angie
was contacted by many other Ugandan acid attack survivors to ask for assistance. Angie then
reached out to her friend, Ellen, for help. Together, they formed RISE.

Ellen Galloway (pictured right) is a professional writer-editor. She retired from the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, part of the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Ellen has done healthcare-related work in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Uganda. She
obtained her bachelor’s degree from Miami University and a master’s degree in rehabilitation
counseling from the University of Cincinnati.

Social justice missions can come in many forms, believes Cincinnati Law alumnae Pamela Newport (JD ’05), particularly if you consider international opportunities. Typically, “You think of these bigger international issues like helping children involved in armed conflict or certain global women’s issues when thinking about social justice and human rights,” says Newport, “which are most certainly incredibly important and valid. I feel like, however, labor gets overlooked in the discussion. And it shouldn’t. It’s at the heart of many social justice movements that have occurred, because pretty much everybody has to work, right?”