Mass Incarceration and Deportation Forum (p I)
On April 19 URBAN LA will convene an interactive forum of leaders and activists who have been engaged in work on immigrant rights, mass incarceration, or both. The increase in mass deportation and mass incarceration reflects a systematic criminalization of communities of color, especially youth of color. Dialogue between scholars and community leaders will promote the exploration of potential alliances, joint research, and strategies to advance organizing and policy change.
The forum will be held at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center, 675 S. Park View St. on Saturday, April 19th from 10:00am-2:00pm (PST). Send in RSVP’s to urbanlosangelesnode@gmail.com. Click here to download a flyer with complete information about the forum and a list of URBAN LA members involved.
Plenary – Connections Between Mass Deportation and Mass Incarceration: 10:15-11:15am (PST)
Introduction to URBAN
Jose Z. Calderon, URBAN Chair
Panel: A Framing of the Connection between Mass Deportation and Incarceration
Kelly Lytle Hernandez, UCLA Professor and Researcher
Jessica Karp, National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Edna Monroy, CA Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance
Diana Zuniga, Californians United for a Responsible Budget/Curb Prison Spending
Breakout Session: 11:15am-12:30pm (PST)
Community-Based Research and Activism
Marta Lopez-Garza, Chicana/o Studies and Gender/Women’s Studies CSUN
Alvaro Huerta, UCLA Chicano/a Studies Research Center Visiting Scholar
Building Campaigns on Deportations and Incarceration
Jose Calderon, URBAN Chair
Patrice Cullor, CURB
Diana Zuniga, CURB
Youth Mobilization: Dream Summer and Freedom Summer
Kent Wong, UCLA Labor Center
Ilse Escobar, Freedom Summer
Laura Flores, Dream Summer
Graciela Lopez, Dream Summer
Yoana Peña, Dream Summer
Law enforcement and criminal justice
Amrah Salomon, Incite L.A. and UAW Anti-Oppression Statewide Coordinator
Dr. Marilyn Montenegro, Social Worker and Prison Abolitionist
Lunch: 12:30-1:00pm (PST)
Afternoon session: 1:00-2:00pm (PST)
Report back and next steps