immigration
I recently filled out the INDY Candidate Questionnaire and I wanted to go ahead and start sharing my answers. When they asked what I would do to build a just community in the Triangle, this is how I responded:
From their web site:
Human Rights Conference: Without Borders?
Saturday, October 5th 8:15 am - 4:30 pm
Carrboro Century Center
On Saturday October 5th, the HRC is organizing a conference titled Without Borders? We want to challenge the day- to- day boundaries and tackle questions such as, "Are there some borders we may want to abolish? Some we may wish to preserve? Transgress? Are there some borders we wish to finesse? Is solidarity possible across our diversities?
MC - Victor Acosta
TIME | PANEL/TOPIC | PANELISTS |
8:15-8:30 am | Introduction Bonners & Afterschool Video | |
8:30-9:30 am | Migrantes sin Fronteras (Translation: Migrants without Borders) | UNC Students United for Immigration Equality (SUIE): Boriana Mravoka, Emilio Vincente, Maria Pia Rodriguez and Giovanny and "Beto" Rodriguez and Misclassified Persons: |
9:35-9:45 am | Harakat el Heels - Student Palestinian dance group | UNC undergradutes: Amar Arafat, Abood Dahnoun, Hussein Ahmad, Joel Hage, Rosaleen Zitawi, Dalia Kaakour, Sarah Zamamiri, Jenna Sawafta |
9:50-10:20 am | Where are the Refugees? | Local refugees: Susu and Abdullah |
10:25-11:05 am | Empowerment, Independence and Culture | Community Empowerment Fund: Chiraayu Gosrani, Myrna, Victoria Castillo |
11:10-11:50 | Keynote Speech: Heroes, Dreamers, and the Promise of America | Gene R. Nichol Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity |
11:50-12:30 pm | LUNCH: Olga's delicious tamales recommended! | |
12:30-1:00 pm | Raging Grannies | |
1:05-1:45 pm | New Doors to Housing: The Challenges of Affordability | Sally Greene, Town of Chapel Hill Council Member Damon Seils, Jamie Rohe, and Tish Galu |
1:50-2:30 pm | The activist as Elected Official | Mayor Chilton and Maria Palmer (running for CH town council) |
2:35-3:15 pm | Leading for Justice in an Unjust World | Women's International League of Peace & Freedom |
3:20-4:00 pm | The Other Side | Communiversity: Charles Hands, Jeanette Stackhouse, Holly Stephens, and Dylane Davis
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RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/356202871179634/ Date:
Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 8:15am to 4:30pm
Location:
Carrboro Century Center, 100 North Greensboro Street, Carrboro
From the Orange County Human Relations Commission:
Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm
A panel discussion will cover the topic “A Community Conversation on Immigration: What are the Implications for Orange County and Its Residents”.
Panelists for the discussion -
Keenon James is the Director of Special Projects at the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA). He oversees the Association’s law enforcement training and technical assistance projects as well as provides guidance on state and national criminal justice and law enforcement policies.
Cristina Marcela Rivera was born and raised in El Salvador and moved, with her family, to the United States when she was eleven years old. She graduated from East Chapel Hill High School and now attending Meredith College on full scholarship.
Marty Rosenbluth is an immigration attorney and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Immigrant Rights Project. He is a nationally recognized expert on Secure Communities and 287(g) and has attended meetings both at the White House and ICE headquarters to discuss these programs with government officials.
Zaragosa Vargas is a Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has written extensively about the Mexican American labor history and the Mexican American civil rights movement, which focus on race relations, politics, and labor.
The event is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact James Spivey, 245-2488.
Date:
Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Carrboro Century Center, 100 North Greensboro Street in Carrboro.
More than 300 Justice United delegates from active congregations, associations, and neighborhoods operating in Orange County will gather to advance and celebrate public agreements with elected and private leaders.
Agenda also includes the kick off of our new county-wide listening campaign that will involve hundreds of Orange County residents with the goal of generating a new Justice United agenda for 2011.
Date:
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location:
Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow St, Chapel Hill
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