- Dienstag, 08. März 2011 09.00 – 12.30 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Women & Immigration: Improving Policy & Lives
Honoring the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day
9:am-9:15am
Breakfast
9:15am-9:30am
Opening remarks
Tova Wang, Demos Senior Democracy Fellow
Jane Henrici, Study Director, IWPR
9:30am-10:am
Obstacles and Resources for Immigrant Women at Both the Global and Local Levels
Moderator: Jane Henrici
Michelle Brané, Director of the Detention and Asylum Program, the Women’s Refugee Commission
Margie McHugh, Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute
Remziya Suleyman, Policy Coordinator, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
10:00am-10:30am
Q&A/ discussion
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-11:30am
Keynote Presentation
Introduction, Tova Wang
Mee Moua is Vice President of Strategic Impact Initiatives at the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum. As a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, she was the first Hmong American elected to a state legislature.
11:30am-12:00pm
Immigrant Women Leading the Way in Organizing, Activism, and Elected Office
Moderator: Cynthia Hess, Study Director, IWPR
Elizabeth Barajas-Román, Director of Policy, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Steering Committee member of the National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights
Julissa Ferreras, New York City Council Member, Queens District 21 and Chair of the Council’s Women’s Issues Committee
Rachel Micah-Jones, Executive Director, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante
12:00pm-12:30pm
Q&A/ discussion
12:30pm
Closing remarks
Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Demos, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America, and the George Washington University Women’s Studies Program
Breakfast
9:15am-9:30am
Opening remarks
Tova Wang, Demos Senior Democracy Fellow
Jane Henrici, Study Director, IWPR
9:30am-10:am
Obstacles and Resources for Immigrant Women at Both the Global and Local Levels
Moderator: Jane Henrici
Michelle Brané, Director of the Detention and Asylum Program, the Women’s Refugee Commission
Margie McHugh, Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute
Remziya Suleyman, Policy Coordinator, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
10:00am-10:30am
Q&A/ discussion
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-11:30am
Keynote Presentation
Introduction, Tova Wang
Mee Moua is Vice President of Strategic Impact Initiatives at the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum. As a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, she was the first Hmong American elected to a state legislature.
11:30am-12:00pm
Immigrant Women Leading the Way in Organizing, Activism, and Elected Office
Moderator: Cynthia Hess, Study Director, IWPR
Elizabeth Barajas-Román, Director of Policy, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Steering Committee member of the National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights
Julissa Ferreras, New York City Council Member, Queens District 21 and Chair of the Council’s Women’s Issues Committee
Rachel Micah-Jones, Executive Director, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante
12:00pm-12:30pm
Q&A/ discussion
12:30pm
Closing remarks
Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Demos, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America, and the George Washington University Women’s Studies Program