Sunday, October 3, 2010

LUCHA IMMIGRATION WEEK!!


MONDAY
-THE BORDER WALL, Lowe Plaza, all day Monday (postponed until later in the week for weather)
-VIGIL, Sundial, 6pm, we will begin a candle-lit vigil for those who have lost
their lives and been deeply affected by immigration and crossing the border. We
will be reading off names and invite others to share stories of
themselves/others they know.
-ROOTed Discussion on Border Policing, 9pm, IRC

TUESDAY
Intersections of Invisible Immigrant Identities
-Join us for an INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION with speakers and students to reflect on
the more nuanced identities of the immigration conversation. Speakers include
Sel J. Hwahng, Ph.D, visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor at the Center for
the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University and Verónica Bayetti
Flores, Senior Policy Analyst at Latina Institute, 7-9pm, IRC Conference Room.

WEDNESDAY
-PANEL ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF ACTIVISM AND INTELLECTUAL PERSPECTIVES ON
IMMIGRATION
. Panelists include Sonia Guinansaca, New York State Youth
Leadership Council, Jen Waller, Arizona Boycott Coalition, Teresa Gutierrez,
May 1st Coalition and Professor Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian
American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia, 7-9pm (Diana, LL103)

THURSDAY
-DREAM ACT PHONE BANKING PIZZA PARTY, come and call your senators to support
the DREAM Act at Casa Latina in East Campus, 5-8pm.

FRIDAY
-DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: 9500 Liberty, Prince William County, Virginia becomes
ground zero in America’s explosive battle over immigration policy when
elected officials adopt a law requiring police officers to question anyone they
have "probable cause" to suspect is an undocumented immigrant. 6pm, Dodge Hall
INSIDE Earl Hall.

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