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