THE BORDER WALL : WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEW YORK
Thursday, November 16, 2017
4:00 - 7:30 pm
The Hilton Garden Inn at Stony Brook University Free and open to the public •Tea and coffee will be served
The New York City region, and Long Island in particular, have become flash-points for a heated public debate over current immigration policies, epitomized by the proposal to build a Border Wall. Much has been said said, and claimed, in these discussions about the local implications of these policies and their consequences for immigrant communities. By bringing leading scholars of these issues together with select community leaders and activists, this event will foster a more constructive public dialogue, illuminating ways forward in the very place whose troubles have featured in these debates.
Part I:
The Border Wall: What It Means for Greater New York
Edward S. Casey, Philosophy, Stony Brook University
Co-author, Up Against the Wall
David Hernandez, Latina/o & Latin American Studies, Mount Holyoke
Author, "Pursuant to Deportation"
Alexa Dietrich, Anthropology, Wagner College
Ongoing study of transnational Mexican families
Camille Mackler
Director of Immigration Legal Policy
New York Immigration Coalition
Part II:
The Border Wall: What It Means for Long Island
Robert Brenneman, Sociology, Saint Michael’s College
Author, Homies and Hermanos
Jennifer Rogers-Brown, Sociology, LIU Post
Rural Migrant Ministries
Sergio Argueta
S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth
Risco Mention-Lewis
County Deputy Police Commissioner, Suffolk County
Parking is available without cost in the Hilton Garden Inn Lot. For any questions or further information, please contact Center Deputy Administrator Julia Clarke, at julia.clarke@stonybrook.edu or Center Director Christopher Sellers christopher.sellers@stonybrook.edu.