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Queens Stands Up: Immigration Activism from Neighborhood to Nation

October 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Here is the latest list of speakers:

Melissa Greenberg
Spokesperson for Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network

Nuala O’Doherty
President, Jackson Heights Beautification Group

Lea Ramirez
Member of 1199 at Legal Aid Society and member of International Socialist Organization (ISO)

Alfredo Flores
Jackson Heights immigrant who, while traveling on a bus to Seattle, was arrested by ICE. He was and is now pursuing citizenship.

Wendy Valverde
Jackson Heights mother and wife of immigrant Alfredo Flores

Afaf Nasher, Esq.
Executive Director for the New York Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY)

Julie Schwietert Collazo
Founder of Immigrant Families Together, working to reunite separated families

Ellen Whitt
Immigrant Rights Committee, Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War, and long-time immigrant rights activist

Phillip Josselyn
CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador)

Nora Bibb
President, Parent Association of P.S. 69Q

Marcus Longmuir
Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network

Endorsers/Sponsors:
CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador)
Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Parent Association of P.S. 69Q
Queens Neighborhoods United
Rise and Resist
Socialist Alternative

 

Details

Date:
October 18, 2018
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Website:
https://jhimmigrantsolidarity.org

Organizer

Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network
Email
info@jhimmigrantsolidarity.org
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Venue

Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church
33-50 82nd Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372 United States
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