General Information
The West Michigan Summit on Immigrant and Refugee Rights will be centered around the theme of “De-Marginalizing Immigrants.” Our content will be focused on service providers who work with immigrant populations and what they can do to help immigrants not only adjust to living in our country, but also learn about various ways they can advocate.
Speakers & Sessions
Lotefa Bartlett de Villarreal, MS
Brainstorming Remedies for Barriers to Access & Success
Dr. Charles Green
Eggshell, Ivory, Cream, or Champagne: Call it what you want,
White is not a neutral color
Ann Heerde, LMSW
Secondary Trauma
Rev. Agshin Jafarov
Keynote Panel Speaker
Elinor Jordan
Safety Planning & Advocacy for Immigrant Survivors of Violence
Carmen Kucinich
Domestic Minor Sex Traffic
Rebecca Robichaud
Asylum and Racism in Federal Detention
Reyna Xiomara Masko
Keynote Panel Speaker
Pam Schwallier, M.Ed.
Embracing the Richness Multilingual Children Bring to our Schools and Communities
Stacey Sills
Human Trafficking 101
Monica Andrade
Racial Profiling and Immigrant Communities: What you can do to help
Susan Prentice-Sao
Public Defense Reform and the Transformation of the Criminal Legal System in Michigan
Sarah Yore Van-Oosterhout
Immigration 101
Rev. Angel Lopez
Keynote Panel Speaker
Registration
This year, the Holland Meijer Campus of Grand Valley State University will be hosting the Summit. We’re excited about this partnership and thank them for their hospitality.
Registration will be open until Friday, September 6, cost will be $50.
RegisterRegistration will begin at 8:15am, program starts at 9:00am, and will end by 3:30pm.
Important Note:As a way to reduce the usage of paper, we’re posting all information for the Summit on this website. If you have any questions, please email admin@lia-michigan.org.
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