Center for International Policy Studies

Fordham University Economics, GSB and Law

A Nation of immigrants? Celebrating 50 years of the New Immigration

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Friday Oct 26th at Lincoln Center Live-stream

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 

DACA Renewal Benefit and Wine Tasting Please January 11th Lincoln Center Atrium Room

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 Please join us to discuss the future of President Obama’s DACA program and what Universities can do to improve the prospects and protect DACA recipients in New York and other Sanctuary cities

*photo: KJ Dakin , Yes Magazine, Vineyard worker, Luz, looks on as dusk falls across Sonoma County, where she has been working on farms since she came to California six years ago

After this 45 minute roundtable join us in sampling some wonderful small-production artisanal wines of place curated by Nolita Wine Merchants*  $200 per person See event flyer

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is President Obama’s executive action program that allows nearly 750,000 immigrants who arrive as children and graduate from high school work, open bank accounts, travel etc. To stay eligible those with DACA status should apply for renewal and related benefits before President Obama leaves office. Your tax-deductible donation will help eligible New Yorkers from any country pay DACA related renewal fees with free legal assistance generously provided by Citizenship Now. To purchase tickets, go to the “start here” web page at the end of this sentence, check the radio box next to Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute, as shown. The APEM logo below appears, scroll down to this event and choose the number of tickets and payment method, start here.

Sponsors: NY Association of Mexican Professionals and Entrepreneurs, the Fordham Center for International Policy Studies, the Feerick Center for Social Justice, and CUNY Institute of Mexican Studies*Wine tasting curated by Nolita Wine Merchants