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WHEN: MONDAY, MAY 3 @ 6PM
WHERE: WATCH FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEO @ Newest Americans
After President Biden’s first 100 days in office, we check in to see how the administration is delivering on its promises regarding immigration.
FEATURED GUESTS:
MARISOL CONDE-HERNANDEZ is the first female undocumented attorney in the state of New Jersey whose story is the focus of our documentary series American Sueño.
ANGY RIVERA is the Co-Director of the New York State Youth Leadership Council; her story is documented in the film No Le Digas a Nadie (Don’t Tell Anyone)
WHEN: THURSDAY, MARCH 11 @ 3PMET
WHERE: WATCH FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEO @NEWEST AMERICANS
We'll be joined by a fantastic group of folks to discuss how immigrant detention has been affected, and what the future of detention looks like under a new administration.⠀
FEATURED GUESTS:
Edafe Okporo, Executive Director at RDJ Refugee Shelter, Joelle Lingat, Immigrant Defense Attorney at American Friends Service Committee and Ulla Berg Associate Professor of Latino & Caribbean Studies Rutgers University.
WHEN: THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 @ 2PM ET
WHERE: WATCH FACEBOOK LIVE @ NEWEST AMERICANS
A conversation with a journalist and author Roberto Lovato and Rutgers University-Newark journalism assistant professor Gaiutra Bahadur.
An American Meo: A Tale of Remembering and Forgetting
July 20, 2020 @ 6:00PM
Newest Americans Mary Ann Koruth in conversation with Anisa Rahim about her experience learning her family history and writing her remarkable piece: An American Meo.
A Conversation with Rita Dentino of Casa Freehold and Tsering Lama of Adhikaar on the Challenges of Domestic Workers
July 13, 2020 @ 6:00PM
A conversation with Rita Dentino of Casa Freehold and Tsering Lama of Adhikaar about immigrant domestic workers in New Jersey, their struggles, their stories and the campaign for their rights.