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.