Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition

How to Open Borders & Defeat Deportations

Date: Sep 23 2017, 10:00 am
Location: Van Pelt Library, Room 113 – 3420 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Immigrant communities are under attack, and the Trump administration is eliminating the DACA program. Yet public support for open immigration policies is also increasing, and the public is more engaged with immigration policy than ever. Public opinion on immigration is fiercely divided.

In this volatile environment, what is the way forward for immigration policy? Can DACA be saved or replaced? What can you do to support immigrant communities right now?

Hear from experts in immigration law, advocacy, and community organizing.
Join guided small-group workshops to learn how you can fight for immigrant communities.

Speakers/Workshop Leaders:

Jazmin Delgado, New Sanctuary Movement: Community organizing
Domenic Powell, Penn Law School: Communications and policy
Juliette Gomez, Law Office of Juliette E. Gomez: Immigration law
Erika Guadalupe Nunez, Fleisher Art Memorial: Art and activism
Benjamin Miller, South Philly Barbacoa: Food activism

Please register here.