Join us for an historic roundtable discussion on the new era of immigrant justice Organized by the NYU Immigrant Justice Collective*

When: Saturday, March 31, 2007 12 - 3 PM
Where: Judson Memorial Church's Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson St.

Free and Open to the Public; Refreshments Provided.
Wheelchair accessible; ASL translator available upon request; please RSVP below

Justice Now!: Organizing Immigrant Communities is an open roundtable forum that will bring together cultural workers and activists from diverse movements-- including immigrant rights, labor rights, youth activism, and queer rights-- who are actively working to build new models for immigrant justice organizing. This roundtable will examine questions such as detention, deportation, profiling, borders, torture, and surveillance. We believe in using this space to highlight the intersectional, interstitial, and intervening issues within immigrant justice organizing that are often collapsed under the sometimes reductive banner of "immigrant rights." This roundtable discussion will be an opportunity to brainstorm collectively and share best practices and dynamic strategies that respond to the immigration crisis defining our political times.

FEATURING community organizers from:

Make the Road By Walking/Se Hace El Camino Por Andar

Asociaciïon Tepeyac de New York

Queers for Economic Justice

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities

New York Taxi Workers' Alliance

New Immigrant Community Empowerment

Audre Lorde Project

SPONSORS:

Judson Memorial Church Program in American Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Asian/Pacific/American Studies Institute, NYU

CONTACT US:

WEBSITE: http://immigrantjusticeroundtable.blogspot.com EMAIL: immigrantjustice@gmail.com

* NYU Immigrant Justice Collective is composed of first year graduate students in American Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis: Leticia Alvarado, Maxime Berthemy, Juan Jos� Bermudez de Castro, Sven Cvek, Joanna Dee, Lezlie Frye, Ronak Kapadia, Devin Murphy, and Lena Sze
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