Susan Reed, Sergio Cira-Reyes and Nelly Fuentes

CANCELED - Susan Reed, Sergio Cira-Reyes and Nelly Fuentes 

CANCELED

“Condors, Eagles, and Allies: A Conversation About Movement Ecology and Immigrant Rights"

March 12, 2020 | 7 p.m. | 2452 Knauss Hall, WMU
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Nelly Fuentes, volunteer organizer with Movimiento Cosecha Kalamazoo and Movimiento Cosecha Michigan; Sergio Cira-Reyes, volunteer organizer with Movimiento Cosecha GR; and Susan E. Reed, managing attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, will present a conversation reflecting on local victories for immigrant rights. These recent wins include limits on local law enforcement agencies' voluntary engagement with immigration enforcement and municipal identification programs. In what appears to some to be among the darkest times in American history for immigrant rights, these leaders are finding new ways to relate to build relationships and power. Nelly, Sergio and Susan will challenge assumptions about what is really happening in this era, invite new understandings of networks and power structures, and challenge a nonprofit and human services structure that often moves people through a broken system that isn't set up to produce equitable outcomes. Sergio and Nelly will lift up Movimiento Cosecha as a new space for the people most affected by an issue to act without reliance on institutions. The conversation will validate popular wisdom and community experiences in making meaningful change.

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