8th Virginia Immigrant Advocates Summit

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Date(s) - 11/15/2017
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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8^th VA Immigrant Advocates Summit

We are excited to announce the 8^th Virginia Immigrant Advocates Summit.

Since its foundation in 2010, the VA Immigrant Summit brings together statewide immigrant rights advocates, partners, supporters and allies serving the immigrant population in Virginia to learn, discuss and strategize on issues impacting the immigrant community residing in the Commonwealth.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 15^th, 2017 from 8:30am to 5:00pm

WHERE: 3313 Arlington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201 (Faith Lutheran Church)

REGISTRATION: Registration is CLOSED. We reached our capacity. Thank you for your interest and strong support for immigrant rights. https://8thvirginiaimmigrantsummit.eventbrite.com

Fee registration: $ 35.00

SCHOLARSHIPS: Limited scholarship assistance is available to cover the event registration fee. To apply for a scholarship, please proceed with your registration and choose “scholarship”. Applications will be evaluated on a first-come first-serve basis.

For more information, please contact Edgar Aranda-Yanoc at [email protected]

Please see below the agenda of this year’s summit:

Summit Goals:

To educate and motivate diverse stakeholders in addressing the multiple needs and issues impacting immigrant communities in Virginia.
To identify concrete rallying points around which advocates and stakeholders can mobilize themselves to take immediate action.
To identify and understand the many challenges facing Virginia as a result of the state’s changing demographics and develop positive means to address those challenges and promote community reconciliation
To create a forum for advocates and stakeholders to plan and develop action steps that address the specific concerns of the immigrant communities they serve.
To create a safe place where advocates and stakeholders can form supportive networks that actively advocate for immigrant communities and their families.

Summit Program:

8:30 – 9:10am

Fellowship Hall

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:10 – 9:30 am

Fellowship Hall

Introduction

Welcome remarks from: Pastor Yvette Schock, Faith Lutheran Church

Summit Overview

Event Emcee: Rodrigo Velasquez, Mason DREAMers

9:30am – 11:00am

Fellowship Hall

Plenary Session: “Virginia’s Political Landscape and Legislative Update 2018” -.

This plenary session will discuss the results of the 2017 gubernatorial elections and its significance for the 2018 Virginia General Assembly and legislative forecast for what we might see next year including state and local interactions with federal immigration enforcement in the Commonwealth, in-state tuition for immigrant students, driver licenses for undocumented immigrants among other possible legislative issues.

Panelists:

· Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director, ACLU – Virginia

· Kim Bobo, Executive Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

· Neri Canahui, Executive Board member, NoVa-Labor

· Rodrigo Velasquez, Advisory Board, Mason DREAMers

· Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Legal Director, Legal Aid Justice Center’s IAP

11:00 – 11:10 am

Fellowship Hall

Inter-active exercise: “Who is in the room”

Alice Foltz, President, Centreville Immigration Forum; Instructor, NOVA/Loudoun

11:10 – 11:55 pm

Fellowship Hall

Plenary Session: “Fighting Hate in the Commonwealth”:

This plenary will focus on the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment nationwide, Virginia in the aftermath of Charlottesville, and ways people are stepping up to fight hate in their communities

Moderator: Hallie Ryan, Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center’s IAP

Panelists:

· Nadia Aziz, Lawyer and Program Manager, Stop Hate Project of Lawyers, Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

· Kim Rolla, Attorney, LAJC’s Civil Rights and Racial Justice

11:55 – 12:05 am

Break

12:05 – 1:00 pm

Fellowship Hall

Lunch and key note speaker

Introduction: Edgar Aranda-Yanoc, LLM. Chair, Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO)

Key Note Speaker: Isabel Castillo, DACAmented, Founder of DREAM Activist Virginia, and Community Organizer with Virginia Organizing (VO)

1:00 – 1:05 pm

Transition to Breakout Sessions

1:05 – 2:20 pm

Fellowship Hall

Loft (Upstairs)

Conference Room

Breakout Sessions

Sanctuary – Faithful Advocacy for Immigrant Justice and Safety:

This workshop will explain how people provide support for immigrants who fear the possibilities of being penalized or profiled

Presented by:

· Lana Heath de Martinez, Welcoming All Coordinator, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP)

· DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network

Policy Reflection on the Future for DACA Holders and TPS Recipients:

An in-depth discussion on the Federal policy initiatives for DACA and TPS, which will include a review of the 2017 Dream Act and the RAC Act. With an overview of the Virginia Congressional delegation and their stance regarding the TPS/DACA communities.

Presented by:

· Marvin B. Figueroa, Senior Policy Advisor from Senator Mark Warner’s Office.

· Sumi Yi, Community Organizer, NAKASEC – Virginia

· Luis Aguilar, Advocacy and Elections Specialist, CASA

Know Your Resources: Health and Education:

Join us for an interactive workshop to explore education and health resources that exist for immigrants in Virginia, how we can expand on those resources, and what we can do to advocate as a community for more resources while ensuring current resources are inclusive of all people, particularly those whose immigration status creates a barrier for them.

Presented by:

· Paula Alderete, External President, Mason DREAMers

· Aurea Galvan, Public Relations Chair, Mason DREAMers

· Alejandra Pablos, Field Coordinator, VA Latina Advocacy Network

2:20 – 2:25pm

Transition to breakout sessions

2:25 – 3:40pm

Conference Room

Loft (upstairs)

Fellowship Hall

Breakout sessions.

“Understanding and advocating for Noncooperation with Federal

Immigration Enforcement”

This presentation will discuss the mechanics of the different types of “cooperation” between localities and federal immigration enforcement, how they affect our communities, and strategies for advocacy against these policies and practices

Presented by:

· Sophia Gregg, Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center’s Immigrant Advocacy Program.

· Charlie Schmidt, Public Policy Counsel, ACLU of Virginia

Unions and Immigrant Workers.

In this workshop, union representatives from several unions will discuss ways in which immigrant workers can achieve justice, living wages, and a voice on the job through participation in the labor movement. Representatives of building trades unions including the Carpenters Union and Painters Union District Council 51 will describe how workers in the construction trades can obtain training through union apprenticeship programs, and work for union contractors that pay fair wages and benefits. Representatives of UNITE HERE Local 23 and 32bj SEIU will discuss their support for airport workers organizing to win union recognition and collective bargaining agreements that ensure fair pay and rights on the job. This workshop will discuss issues affecting immigrant workers in construction and the service sector.

Moderated by:

· Virginia Diamond, President of the Northern Virginia Labor Federation (“NoVA Labor”)

Sanctuary – Faithful Advocacy for Immigrant Justice and Safety

This workshop will explain how people provide support for immigrants who fear the possibilities of being penalized or profiled

Presented by:

· Lana Heath de Martinez, Welcoming All Coordinator, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP)

· DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network

3:40 – 3:45 pm

Transition to Breakout Sessions

3:45 – 5:00 pm

Fellowship Hall

Circle Room (upstairs)

Conference Room

Breakout sessions

Policy Reflection on the Future for DACA Holders and TPS Recipients:

Presented by:

· Marvin B. Figueroa, Senior Policy Advisor from Senator Mark Warner’s Office.

· Sumi Yi, Community Organizer, NAKASEC – Virginia

· Luis Aguilar, Advocacy and Elections Specialist, CASA

Know Your Resources: Health and Education:

Presented by:

· Paula Alderete, External President, Mason DREAMers

· Aurea Galvan, Public Relations Chair, Mason DREAMers

· Alejandra Pablos, Field Coordinator, VA Latina Advocacy Network

“Understanding and advocating for Noncooperation with Federal

Immigration Enforcement”

Presented by:

· Sophia Gregg, Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center’s Immigrant Advocacy Program.

· Charlie Schmidt, Public Policy Counsel, ACLU of Virginia

Organized by: Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC), Mason DREAMers, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP), Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), DREAMers Mothers in Action (DMIA), America Civil Liberties Union – Virginia (ACLU-VA), Just Neighbors, Centreville Immigration Forum, The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ), Virginia Latina Advocacy Network (VALAN), Virginia Civic Engagement Table (VCET) and The Commonwealth Institute For Fiscal Analysis

Sponsored by: Northern Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO (“NoVA Labor”), Carpenters Union (KML Region), UNITE HERE Local 23 and 32BJ SEIU

Special thanks to: Consumer Health Foundation and Faith Lutheran Church of Arlington

If you have any questions, please contact Edgar Aranda-Yanoc at [email protected]

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