CONTACT
The Los Angeles node can be reached at:
urbanlosangelesnode@gmail.com
amhuerta@cpp.edu, Co-Chair Dr. Alvaro Huerta
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
On October 9, 2013, Alvaro Huerta, Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) visiting scholar presented a talk on his new book, “Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm” (San Diego State University Press, 2013). In this collection of non-fiction essays, Huerta asks readers to reassess critical political and cultural issues unfolding
This meeting focused on what the immigrant rights movement and related policy challenges and opportunities means for the work of URBAN LA. Node members also discussed how to balance research, teaching, and activist work.
This meeting of URBAN LA featured a presentation by Enrique Ochoa about the formation and ongoing work of an initiative called Educators for Immigrant Rights (EIR), discussion of specific examples of connections between research and action, and more!
This meeting of URBAN LA included a presentation by Jorge Gutierrez of Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project (QUIP), updates about Dream Summer, discussion about next steps in creating online communication tools, and discussion about inviting members of student groups whose work focuses on access to opportunity for immigrant youth.
A major focus of LA-URBAN is to help build social movements. This meeting featured presentations by Alma Castrejon and Sofia Campos about the Dream Act student movement, Dream University, and Dream Summer. Sofia shared her story as an immigrant from Lima, Peru. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and became