Immigration Teach-In
Baruch College, CUNY
Thursday, Dec. 1 2016
12:45-2:15pm
Multipurpose Room/VC 1-107

Join us for a conversation about the implications
of the presidential election on immigration

Student Reflections

• How do you feel about the outcome of the presidential election?
• What concerns do you have about what the outcome of the election means for immigrants and immigration policy?
• If you are an immigrant, what concerns do you have? As a student, for your immigrant family members and friends, and for the wider community?
• What to Expect in Terms of Policy Changes and Impact on CUNY Community
• What is likely to happen to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program? What does this mean for current DACA beneficiaries?
• What other immigration policy changes can we expect? What impact will they have on immigrant students at CUNY? Other immigrants in NYC and the state
• What can immigrants do to prepare for coming policy changes?
• Where can immigrants go for trusted legal assistance? What sort of assistance is available at CUNY and beyond
• How can other New Yorkers best help immigrants?

How to Stay Safe

• What can immigrants do to stay safe in these uncertain political times?
• Where can immigrants go for help if they experience bias or discrimination at CUNY? In NYC?
• How have Baruch, NYC, and NY state officials readied themselves to address a possibly rise in bias incidences and discrimination?

How to Get Involved

• What opportunities are there for students to get involved at Baruch, CUNY, and their community to help and work with immigrant populations?

What Next?

• What would you like to see Baruch work on to better help immigrant students
• How can we work together at Baruch to address the concerns of immigrant students?

Participants

Baruch MakerHub
Bryan Britt, Mohamed Hassan, Shaun Persaud, and Zoë Sheehan Saldaña

CUNY DREAMers
Alberto Vazquez
Student at the Zicklin School of Business
Ricardo Aca
Student at the Marxe School & photographer activist
Monica Sibri
Founder and President of CUNY DREAMers

Baruch Administrators
David Birdsell
Dean of the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Donald Schepers
Senior Associate Dean of the Zicklin School of Business

Art King
VP for Student Affairs & Dean of Students

CUNY Citizenship Now!
Meetu Dhar
CUNY Staff Attorney – City Council Program & CUNY School of Professional Studies

New York Office for New Americans
Hattie Quarnstrom-Figueroa
Deputy Director
NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Samuel Solomon
Deputy Director of Policy

Baruch Faculty
Sarah Bishop
Department of Communication Studies

Charlotte Brooks
Department of History

John Casey
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Héctor Cordero-Guzmán
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Els de Graauw
Department of Political Science

Ken Guest
Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Rob Smith
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs