In celebration of our 35th anniversary, the NYIC is partnering with leading organizations across the country to learn more about the issues facing immigrant communities.Â
Join us as we explore how everything from the surveillance state to climate change intersect with immigrant rights in these virtual talks!
Tomorrow is our first virtual conversation! Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of the NYIC, will be joined by Albert Fox Cahn, Esq., Executive Director of S.T.O.P., to discuss the 21st anniversary of the PATRIOT Act.Â
In the aftermath of 9/11, institutionalized Islamophobia and xenophobia led to the rise of surveillance technology and signalled a backsliding of civil rights for minority communities. This conversation will explore how surveillance has been weaponized against immigrant communities in the name of national security and beyond!
On Tuesday, November 15 at 6pm we are holding our second virtual conversation between Theodore Moore, Vice President of Policy for the NYIC, and Thanu Yakupitiyage, Associate Director of U.S. Communications for 350.org!
Ten years after Hurricane Sandy, which devastated New York and its immigrant communities, climate change continues to contribute to natural disasters across the world forcing people to flee their homes in search of refuge in other nations. This conversation will explore how climate justice intersects with immigration justice, as people are displaced from their homes and global migration increases.
