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Race and Immigration (a Public Forum): DEC-09-06 |
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WHERE: El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street, New York City WHEN: Saturday, December 9th, 2006. 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM An examination of, among other things: - The social and political implications of the demographic shift that is occurring in the United States as the majority of the country's population becomes non-White.
- The ways in which immigration is changing the notions of 'Blackness' and 'Latinidad' in the United States today, and
- The dynamics of minority relations, particularly the tensions between African Americans and Latinos in some areas of the country.
The forum was free to the public. This public forum is organized by The Institute for Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings at New York University The Afro-Latin@ Project at Queen's College, City University of New York
| Opening (9 - 9:30 am) | Welcome Notes | | | - Juan Flores, The Afro-Latin@ Project
- Guillermo Linares, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
- Howard Dodson, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
| | | Opening Remarks:
Miriam Jimenez Roman, The Afro-Latin@ Project | | | | Panel 1 (9:30 - 11 am)
Changing demographics and the political economy of immigration | Moderator:
Pedro Noguera, New York University | | | Panelists: - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago
- Philip Kasinitz, City University of New York
- Roberto Lovato, New America Media
- Charles Rangel, United States Congressman
| | | | Panel 2 (11:15 - 12:30 pm)
'Changing Blackness' and changing 'Latinidad' in the US | Moderator:
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, New York University | | | Panelists: - Kimberly McClain DaCosta, Harvard University
- William Darity Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Charles Kamasaki, National Council of La Raza
- Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA and PBS
- Gregory Meeks, United States Congressman
| | | | Panel 3 (2:00 - 3:30 pm)
Black-Latino relations in the new immigration debate | Moderator:
George Priestley, The Afro-Latin@ Project | | | Panelists: - James Jennings, Tufts University
- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University
- Mandalit del Barco, National Public Radio
| | | | | Closing (3:30 - 4 pm) | Thanks: Conference Organizing Committee
Julian Zugazagoitia, El Museo del Barrio | | | | |
