If you are able to attend the Left Forum conference in New York City this weekend, you might be interested in these panels dealing with immigration or related subjects. If we missed any panels, please tell us.
For more information on the Left Forum go to: http://www.leftforum.org/
====================
SATURDAY, June 3rd
====================
===============
10:00am - 11:50am
===============
Room 1.127, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 1: 10:00am - 11:50am
Discussion of the successful strike by 1,000 mainly Mexicana workers at the largest plant in what was, at the time, the "frozen food capital of the world." With Peter Shapiro, Gene Carroll and Lucia Gomez.
Room 1.75, Saturday June 3rd Session 1: 10:00am - 11:50am
U.S. citizens will learn specific actions and measures they can take to assure that human and civil rights are maintained for individuals, families and the immigrant community in general and help welcome immigrants facing injustice here and abroad. With Dena Fisher, Ross Upshaw and Nathan Yaffe.
===============
12:00pm - 1:50pm
===============
Room 1.73, Saturday June 3rd Session 2: 12:00pm - 1:50pm
The panelists will examine the relationship between neoliberalism, NAFTA, socio-economic devastation in Mexico and immigration. They will also look at the scapegoating of immigrants for the consequences of neoliberalism in the U.S. With Richard Roman, Edur Velasco Arregui, Andrés Barreda Marin and Juan Carlos Ruíz.
Room 1.75, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 2: 12:00pm - 1:50pm
What will it take to build the infrastructure and political capacity necessary to effectively resist raids and deportation? Panelists will discuss efforts to build emergency response networks in different communities. With Sandra Merlim, Denise Romero, Yasmeen Kamel and Sherry Wolf.
===============
3:30pm - 5:15pm
===============
Room 1.75, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 3: 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Explore the work that is currently being done in the City, examine ways in which we can collaborate and consider the difficult steps needed to dismantle this cruel and inhumane system that is unworthy of the United States. With Robb Burlage, Shruthi Rajashekara, Homer Venters, Lauren Quijano, Anthony Feliciano and Tasher Losenegger.
Room 3.78, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 3: 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Short film and discussion about the hotel housekeepers who unionized a DoubleTree hotel owned by Harvard. These women fought the first female president of Harvard to gain a union. With Rebecca Rojer and Sarah Leonard.
Room 1.107, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 3: 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Discuss resistance to neoliberalism, repression, and racism both in the U.S. and Mexico. It will have two activists from Mexico, two from the U.S. and one from Canada. With Richard Roman, Edur Velasco Arregui, Andrés Barreda Marin, Juan Carlos Ruíz and Cinthya Santos.
===============
5:20pm - 7:10pm
===============
Room 1.73, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 4: 5:20pm - 7:10pm
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? With Angy Rivera, Lupe Ambrosio, Ravi Ragbir, Aly Wane and Jane Guskin.
Room 1.75, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 4: 5:20pm - 7:10pm
Panelists discuss their experience working with and as documented and undocumented immigrants and how it has shaped their hopes and fears and perspectives on life in the United States and the need for immigration reform. With Alan Singer, Pablo Muriel, Eblin Acosta, Firuza Uddin and Dennis Morales.
Room L 2.80, SATURDAY June 3rd Session 4: 5:20pm - 7:10pm
Speakers on the linkages between imperialism, migration, and anti-colonial and anti-capitalist struggle right in "the belly of the beast." With Alejandro Reuss, José Laguarta Ramírez, Jawied Nawabi and Zoe Sherman.
====================
SUNDAY, June 4th
====================
===============
10:00am - 11:50am
===============
Room 1.75, SUNDAY June 4th Session 5: 10:00am - 11:50am
Immigration attorneys & advocates will lead a discussion on acts of resistance by immigrant detainees and grassroots organizing. Examples from both anecdotal observations and reports from other outlets. With Stephanie Ramos, Miriam Lacroix and Jonathan Campozano.
Immigration attorneys & advocates will lead a discussion on acts of resistance by immigrant detainees and grassroots organizing. Examples from both anecdotal observations and reports from other outlets. With Stephanie Ramos, Miriam Lacroix and Jonathan Campozano.
