Ana Maria Garcia Arreola, an indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico will be speaking at five Long Island venues next week. This tour is organized by Witness for Peace and the Hagedorn Foundation, in partnership with the many local organizations that are hosting Ana Maria all over Long Island. Below is the tour schedule. Please circulate widely.
1) Panel: “The Immigrant Experience Today,” sponsored/hosted by Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare, Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Student Activities Center Auditorium, Stony Brook University. Panelists are Ana María García Arreola, indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico, “Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico’s Displaced, “ Heidi Beirich, Southern Poverty Law Center, “Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, NY,” and Jaya Vasandani, Cardozo Law School Immigration Justice Clinic, “Constitution on ICE: A Report on Immigration Home Raid Operations.”
2) Ana María García Arreola, indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico: “Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico’s Displaced,” sponsored/hosted by Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation, Tuesday, October 27, 3-4:30 p.m., Adelphi University Campbell Lounge, Center for Recreation and Sport.
3) Ana María García Arreola, indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico: “Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico’s Displaced,” sponsored/hosted by Long Island Teachers for Human Rights, Jobs with Justice-Long Island, and Long Island Wins, Wednesday, October 28, 3:30-5 p.m, Greenhouse in basement of Student Center, Hofstra University.
4) Ana María García Arreola, indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico: “Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico’s Displaced,” sponsored/hosted by Shinnecock Tribal Council, OLA of Eastern Long Island, and Eastern Long Island NAACP, Wednesday, October 28, 7-9 p.m. p.m., Southampton High School Auditorium, 141 Narrow Lane, Southampton.
5) Ana María García Arreola, indigenous rights activist from Oaxaca, Mexico: “Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico’s Displaced,” sponsored/hosted by the Social Justice Committee—Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock and Reach Out America, Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m., Social Hall, UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset.
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