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How Philadelphia Became an Immigrant City
… And What it Means

Tuesday, January 24, 4:00-5:30pm
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street

Roger D. Simon, Professor of History, Lehigh University
Judith Bernstein-Baker, Executive Director, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Philadelphia
John Kidane, Deputy Executive Director, African Cultural Alliance of North America
Gautam Ghosh, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Michael Katz, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

This event is hosted by four classes: Immigration & African Americans in Twentieth-Century America, taught by Michael Katz (Urban Studies 220/History 214); Migration and Citizenship in a Global Society, taught by Kathleen Hall (Education 545); Globalizing Philadelphia: The Immigrant City, taught by Domenic Vitiello (Urban Studies/Sociology 270); and Migration and Multicultural Membership, taught by Gautam Ghosh (Anthropology 191).

Race and Ethnic Relations in Philadelphia and its Schools

Monday, February 6, 3-5pm
St. Francis de Sales School , 917 South 47th Street
This event will include a tour of St. Francis de Sales School

Host: Sister Constance Marie Touey, Principal, St. Francis de Sales School
Doua Xiong, Philadelphia Health Department
Judith Goode, Professor of Anthropology, Temple University
Moderator: Elaine Simon, Co-Director, Urban Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania

This event is hosted by the Urban Education class taught by Cheryl Jones-Walker (Urban Studies/Education 202).

Immigration Law, Deportation, and Civil Liberties in Post-9/11 Philadelphia

Tuesday, February 14, 3-5pm
Silverman Hall, Room 240 A, Penn Law School , 3400 Chestnut Street

Marwan Kreidie , Executive Director, Arab American Development Corporation and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
Ronald Daniels , Provost, University of Pennsylvania , and author of The Security of Freedom
Moderator: Wendell Pritchett, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

This event is hosted by three classes: Migration and Citizenship in a Global Society, taught by Kathleen Hall (Education 545); Migration and Multicultural Membership, taught by Gautam Ghosh (Anthropology 191); and Globalizing Philadelphia: The Immigrant City, taught by Domenic Vitiello (Urban Studies/Sociology 270).

Immigrant Labor and Political Mobilization in the Delaware Valley

Tuesday, February 28, 3-5pm
Terrace Room, ground floor of Logan Hall, 249 South 36 th Street

Nelson Carrasquillo, Executive Director, Farm Worker Support Committee
Peter Bloom, Executive Director, Juntos
Youth organizers and representatives from the Community Youth Organizing Campaign
Moderator: Kathleen Hall, Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania

BUS TOUR:

Community Development in Immigrant Philadelphia

Monday, March 27, 2-5pm
Led by Domenic Vitiello, Urban Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
Tour of Chinatown, Eastern North Philadelphia, and Kensington.

Stops to visit with:

John Chin, Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Marwan Kreidie, Executive Director, Arab American Development Corporation
Iris Brown, Grupo Motivos, Norris Square Neighborhood Project

***Limited seats are available. To reserve a seat on the bus, call: 215-898-6948

Public Policy and Services for Immigrants:
Exploring Challenges, Envisioning Opportunities

Tuesday, April 11, 3-5pm
Harnwell College House, Rooftop Lounge, 3820 Locust Walk

Anne O’Callaghan, Executive Director, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
Robert Seiger, Co-Chair, Committee on the Practice of Law for New Americans, Philadelphia Bar Association
Judi Cassel, Special Assistant to the Managing Director, City of Philadelphia
Alisa Orduña-Sneed, Director of Special Projects, Office of Philadelphia City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell
Moderators: Mark Stern and Domenic Vitiello, Urban Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania