Saturday, June 3,2017, 5:20pm-7:10pm
Room 1.73 at John
Jay College, 59th St and 10th Ave, New York City
Racism, xenophobia, and immigrant-bashing are not new, but
many people seem to be more aware of the deportation regime under the Trump
administration. Does this provide an opportunity to shift public opinion on
immigration? Can a sense of crisis mobilize solidarity? What strategies are
organizers using to defend immigrant communities and push for real change? What
challenges do we face?
Moderator: Angy Rivera, co-director, NY State Youth
Leadership Council
Panelists:
- Lupe Ambrosio, co-director, NY State Youth Leadership Council
- Ravi Ragbir, New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC
- Aly Wane, Syracuse Peace Council, Undocublack Network and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)
- Jane Guskin, co-author of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers
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Updated for 2017: The Politics of Immigration: Questions
and Answers (2nd edition) from Monthly
Review Press. For more information: email thepoliticsofimmigration@gmail.com.
About the speakers:
Angy Rivera is a co-director at the New York State Youth
Leadership Council. In 2010 she created Ask Angy, an award-winning undocumented
immigrant advice column. She and her family are the subject of Mikaela Shwer’s
documentary No le Digas a
Nadie (Don't Tell Anyone), which aired on PBS in 2015. Follow her journey
on twitter at @AskAngy.
Guadalupe Ambrosio is a
co-director at the New York State Youth Leadership Council, the first and only
undocumented youth-led organization in New York State. Born in Mexico City and
raised in the Bronx, Ambrosio sees her role as to moving forward the NYSYLC’s
mission of empowering undocumented youth to create the change they want and
deserve. Follow her on Instagram @ambrosiolupe.
Ravi Ragbir is a NYC
immigrant rights activist who has helped hundreds of people as an organizer and
now as the Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York. He
works directly with those who are facing deportation to empower them to
struggle to remain in the US. Ravi has first-hand knowledge of the deportation
system because he is facing removal himself and is fighting to remain here with
his family, friends and supporters.
Aly Wane is an undocumented
organizer out of Syracuse, NY. He has worked with many groups, including the
American Friends Service Committee of Chicago and the Alliance of Communities
Transforming Syracuse. He is a member of the Syracuse Peace Council, the Black
Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the UndocuBlack Network. His Facebook
page is https://www.facebook.com/aly.wane.12
Jane Guskin is co-author
with David L. Wilson of The Politics of
Immigration: Questions and Answers (2nd edition, Monthly Review Press
2017). She has written on immigration and related topics for Truthout, Huffington
Post, and other publications. She is a program manager at the A.J. Muste
Memorial Institute and will be a PhD candidate in sociology at the City
University of New York (CUNY) this fall.
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