Seminar Description:
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) and the California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) will host an international seminar on November 17 and 18, 2016 at the COLEF campus in Tijuana, Mexico; to address the prospects and policy agenda for the 60-million U.S. Latino population, in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. The seminar will focus upon issues pertaining to a comprehensive immigration reform, Dreamers on both sides of the border, the role of higher education institutions relative to policy studies and research, and other topics regarding immigration between both nations such as U.S. citizen children exiled in Mexico and Central America, and deported veterans and mothers of U.S. citizens.
Goal of the Seminar:
Promote a post-election binational discussion between Mexico and U.S. stakeholders on migration and immigration reform in the U.S., and the role of Higher Education Institutions, through a dialogue involving immigrants, academics and policymakers.
Hosted by COLEF and the CMSC, in collaboration with:
- Hermandad Mexicana Humanitarian Foundation
- Comunidad Interdisciplinaria de Estudios Migratorios (CIEM)
- Programa de Estudios sobre Latinos en EEUU, Casa de las Américas
- Centro Tlahuica de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural (CETLALIC), México
- Seminario Permanente de Estudios Chicanos y de Fronteras (SPECHF), INAH-DEAS
- Coordinadora Nacional de Inmigración 2016, Chicago, Illinois
- Otros Dreams en Acción (ODA)
- Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración, A.C. (IMUMI)
- Border Angels – Angeles de la Frontera
Seminar Schedule Overview:
Day 1, Thursday Nov. 17, 2016: Full Seminar Program
- Seminar program starts from 9 am to 4:40 pm at COLEF
- Complimentary lunch will be provided
Day 2, Friday Nov. 18, 2016: Field Research and Guided visits (optional)
Field research and guided visits to La Casa del Migrante en Tijuana, The Bunker Center for Deported U.S. Military Veterans, and the U.S.-Mexico border at playas de Tijuana.
Click here to Download the Seminar Program or see full details of the program below.
Hotel Accommodations:
There will be no complementary hotel accommodations, however, if you are interested, COLEF will be able to secure a special discount rate if you stay at Hotel Real del Rio. If you would like to know more information about this special discount, please check the box "Yes, I want to reserve hotel accommodations with Real del Rio at a discounted price" in the registration form.
Seminar Program:
Thursday November 17, 2016:
9:00 am Registration
9:20 am Welcome: Armando Vazquez-Ramos, Lucia Ortiz and Rodrigo Aguilar
Inauguración: Tonatiuh Guillen, Presidente del COLEF (*Pending confirmation)
9:45 am Break
9:55 am Keynote: California Senator Lou Correa
Topic: Perspectivas sobre la reforma migratoria en Estados Unidos
Presentador: Estudiante MEP (COLEF)
10:55 am Break
11:10 am Panel 1: Post-electoral reflection on public policies and the inclusion of immigrants and advocates in the U.S. and Mexico
Moderator: Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos
- Leopoldo Guerrero Díaz, Undersecretary of Basic Education, State Educational System of Baja California
- Rafael Alarcón, Professor-researcher (COLEF)
- Nativo Lopez, Hermandad Mexicana Humanitarian Foundation
- Maggie Loredo, Otros Dreamers in Action (ODA)
- California-Mexico Dreamers’ testimonies: Carolina Aguilar (UNAM-CISAN), Sandra Lopez (CSULB), Alvaro Castillo (CSUN) and Lidieth Arevalo (CSULB)
1:00 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Panel 2: Immigration Policies and their impact upon immigrant families
Moderator: Lorenia Urbalejo, Interdisciplinary Community of Migration Studies
- Yara Amparo López López (State Coordinator of Probem, State Educational System of Baja California)
- Eunice Vargas, Professor-researcher (COLEF)
- Gretchen Kunher, Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración, A.C. (IMUMI)
- Yolanda Varona, Dreamers Moms USA/Tijuana
- Héctor Barajas, Casa de Veteranos Deportados
- Enrique Morones, Border Angels – Angeles de la Frontera
4:40 pm Adjournment
Friday November 18, 2016:
9:00 am a 2:00 pm - Field Research and Guided visits (limited places)
- 9:00 am - Depart from hotel
- 9:30 a 10:20 am - Padre Chava’s breakfast hall
- 10:20 a 11:20 am - La Casa del Migrante en Tijuana (Centro Scalabrini).
- 11:20 a 12:20 pm - The Bunker Center for Deported U.S. Military Veterans
- 12:20 a 1:20 pm - S.-Mexico border at playas de Tijuana
- 1:20 a 2:00 pm - Return to hotel
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If you have any questions, please contact the California-Mexico Studies Center:
Email: californiamexicocenter@gmail.com
Office: (562) 430-5541 ~ CMSC Mobile: (562) 280-4893
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