Conference Schedule
Immigration Justice Conference Schedule
Saturday, March 3, 2012
| Time | Events | ||
| 8:30-9:00am | Registration | ||
| 9:00-9:45am | Opening Session Speaker: Michael A. Corradini, JD, Asylum Advocate, Physicians for Human Rights, Washington, DC. |
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| 10:00-11:15am | I: Awakenings • Cincinnati, City of Immigrants • Cincinnati Public Schools, Impact |
II: Economics • MARCC, Principles to Guide Ohio’s Immigration Decisions • City of Dayton, Immigrant Friendly City |
III: Immigration & the Law |
| 11:30-12:45pm | Conference Luncheon/Crowne Plaza Hotel Keynote Session, “Marching Forth: Unlocking a Movement for Human Dignity” Speaker: Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, Phoenix, AZ. |
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| 1:00-2:15pm | I: Real People, Real Lives | II: Human Trafficking | III: Immigration Politics |
| 2:30-3:45pm | I: Social Needs of Immigrants | II: Employment Issues | III: The Dream Act |
| 3:45-5:00pm | Closing Session Speaker: “Where do we go from here?” Sister Alice Gerdeman, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center |
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9:00 – 9:45am- Opening Session, Speaker: Mike E. Corradini, Asylum Advocate, Physicians for Human Rights
10:00 – 11:15am Sessions
I: Awakenings
- Moderator, Mayra Alza, Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center
- Dan Hurley, Local 12 TV, City of Immigrants
- Vera Brooks, Principal, Roberts Academy,and Mary Jo Montenegro, School Social Worker, Impact of Immigrants, Cincinnati Public Schools
II: Economics
- Margaret Fox, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati, Principles to Guide Ohio’s Immigration Decisions
- Tim Riordan, Dayton City Manager and Tom Wahlrab, Chair, Dayton Human Relations Commission, City of Dayton, Immigrant Friendly City
III: Immigration Law
- Moderator, Ngozi Ndulue, OJPC Staff Attorney
- Jeff Nzobigiza, Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program
- Jorge Herman Martinez, Former LULAC Board member, Immigration Program
- Helaine Tasch, Field Office Director at the Cincinnati Field Office of US Citizenship and Immigration Services
11:30am - Luncheon & Keynote Speaker: ”Marching Forth: Unlocking a Movement for Human Dignity,” Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, UU Congregation of Phoenix.
1:00 – 2:15pm Sessions
I: Real People/Real Lives
- Marty Harrington, moderator
- Bernard Pastor, dreamer, Guatemala
- Lina Ogwa, refugee, Uganda
- Issalmu Fall, Mauritania
- Ibrahima Kane, Senegal
- (pending), CIWC
II: Human Trafficking
- Shakila Ahmad, Moderator
- Jessica Donahue-Dioh
- Pam Matson, FBI
III: Immigration Politics
- Rev. Frank Carpenter, Moderator
- Mike E. Corradini, Asylum Advocate, Physicians for Human Rights
- Nelson Jerome Pierce, Jr., Pastor, Beloved Community Church and AMOS Project organizer
2:30 – 3:45pm Sessions
I: Social Needs of Immigrants
- M.J. Pierson, President, UU Council of Greater Cincinnati, moderator
- Rev. Paula Jackson, Episcopal Church of Our Savior
- Liliana Rojas-Guyler, Professor, University of Cincinnati
- Laura Brison, Su Casa
- Natalie Fair Albright, Volunteer Director, International Center of Greater Cincinnati
II: Employment Issues
- James Hassan, Attorney, Moderator
- Don Sherman, former CIWC director, Hispanic Chamber of Cincinnati
- Fransisco José Echeverria, Bilingual Case Worker, Su Casa
- Alfonso Cornejo, Hispanic Chamber of Cincinnati
III: The Dream Act
- (moderator pending)
- Heyra Avila, Junior members at CIWC
- Jose Cabrera, Junior members at CIWC
3:15 – 4:30pm - Closing Session “Taking Action: Where do we go from here? Closing Session, “Where do we go from here?” Sister Alice Gerdeman, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center.
The day after the conference, Sunday, March 4, 2012, organizers plan a “March for the Dream Act” rally at the Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park on the Cincinnati Riverfront, east of the Montgomery Inn Boathouse at 3:00 pm. Please plan to join us in hope and support for our local “Dreamers.”
