Women Immigrants in the United States: Policy Issues 9/3/2002
From: Vashti Van Wyke of the Migration Policy Institute 202-266-1910 News Advisory: On September 9, 2002, the Migration Policy Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center will bring together leading academics, practitioners, and advocates for a day-long conference on women immigrants in the United States, to discuss the unique characteristics and challenges faced by this often-overlooked, particularly vulnerable, and uniquely valuable group of immigrants. AGENDA: 8:45 - 10 -- Demographics and History Nancy Foner, SUNY-Purchase Donna Gabaccia, UNC-Charlotte Min Zhou, UCLA 10:15 - 12 -- Housing and Social Services MarySue Heilemann, UCLA Afaf Meleis, University of Pennsylvania Leslye Orloff, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund Heryka Miranda, Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA) Marisa Demeo, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) 12:45 - 2:15 -- Employment and Labor Deborah Meyers, Migration Policy Institute Sarah Gammage, Center for Environmental and Social Research for Sustainable Development Charity Wilson, AFL-CIO Joy Zarembka, Campaign for Migrant Domestic Worker Rights Patricia Campos, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) 2:30 - 4 -- Refugees, Asylum, and Detention Barbara Burton, George Washington University Wendy Young, Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children Noel Brennan, Board of Immigration Appeals Marleine Bastien, Fanm Ayisyen Karen Musalo, Hastings College of Law 4 - 5:30 -- Making and Interpreting Law and Policy Kristin Wells, Minority Counsel, House Committee on the Judiciary Esther Olavarria, Majority Counsel, Immigration Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee Jeffrey Chase, New York Immigration Court Timothy Edgar, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) WHEN: Monday, September 9, 2002 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Lunch will be provided) WHERE: The Woodrow Wilson Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 5th Floor Conference Room RSVP: Acceptances only to nugentsu@wwic.si.edu |