Friday Oct 26th at Lincoln Center

A Nation of Immigrants?

Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hart Cellar Act

Conference Program and Bios 

8-9AM Breakfast and Registration

Welcome: Elaine Congress,  Rafael Zapata,  Father Massaro SJ

Speaker Introduction Clara Rodriguez, Fordham FCLC

Keynote:

Immigration and the Transformation of American Society

Dr. Van Tran, Sociology, Columbia University

Panel Discussion:

Moderator: Greg Acevedo, Fordham GSS

Panelist #1: Shirley Leyro, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Panelist #2: Dora Galacatos, Feerick Center for Social Justice

Panelist #3: Maria Lizardo, Upper Manhattan Improvement Corporation

Q&A from the Audience

Closing Remarks : Summary and the Next 50 Years?
Norma Fuentes, LALS and City College of New York 

Conference Program and Bios

Special Thanks to the Conference Planning Committee 

Elaine Congress, Associate Dean and Professor for Continuing Education and Extra Mural Programs,

Erika Marte, Administrative Program Assistant at the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer

Darryl McLeod, Associate Professor of Economics,

Rafael Zapata, Chief Diversity Officer,Special Assistant to the President for Diversity & Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Photo: Migration Policy Institute