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National Immigrant Solidarity Network
4th National Grassroots Immigrant Strategy Conference
& Immigrant Rights Film Festival

April 10-12, 2009 UIC Student Center West
828 South Wolcott, Chicago, IL

http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org

Conference Hotline: (773)942-2268

Conference Schedule

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Friday April 10, 2009

12:00 - 3:00 PM: Immigrant Rights Community Action!
Join with Good Friday Walk, Organized by: 8th Day Center for Justice
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM at downtown Chicago Map
We'll Assemble at Financial Plaza (Clack & Jackson) around 12:30 PM for the Immigration part of the Walk

3:00 PM: conference space open, tabling begin at UIC Student Center West

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Workshop Section One
- 2009: State of the Immigrant Rights Struggle and CIR Legislation -- Lee Siu Hin NISN

4:15PM - 5:15 PM: Workshop Section Two
- E-Activism Tools for Immigrant Rights Campaigns -- Lee Siu Hin NISN, Prerna Lal The Sanctuary - Promigrant.org

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Dinner

6:00 PM - 10:30 PM: National Immigrant Rights Film Festival
Film Festival Opening and Meet with Producers!
Made in L.A.
Children in No Man's Land
A Forgotten Injustice


Saturday April 11, 2009

(Location: UIC Student Center West)

9:00 AM: Conference/tabling begins, light breakfast.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Assembly: Immigrant from Around World Speaks Out!
An open section, we're inviting immigrants from around the World to talk about their experience migrate and living in the U.S., everyone are welcome to speak out!

10:30 AM - 5:30 PM: National Immigrant Rights Film Festival
De Nadie 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch and Meet the Producers 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Voice of the Mountain 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
USA v. Al Arian 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
La Americana 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

10:30 AM -11:45 AM: Workshop Session Three
- Immigration under Venezuela, Haiti, Colombia -- Jesus Rodriguez, Consul General of Venezuela; Eunice Escobar, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America; Leonel Jean Baptiste, Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti 
- Sojourners Visitation Program for Detainees (1) -- David Fraccaro
- The Multi-issue Immigration Issue -- Jorge Mujica Justice Mission
- LGBTQ-immigrant alliances -- Yasmin Nair CLIA

11:45 AM -1:00 PM: Workshop Session Four
- "The Deportee's Wife" Live Performance -- Giselle Stern Hernández
- Deterntion Watch -- Silky Shah DWN
- Putting a Human Face on the issue of Immigration: Using Made in L.A. for change -- Almudena Carracedo Producer of "Made in LA"
- Education not militarization -- Jesus Palafox AFSC

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch and do-it-yourself networking/issue meetings
- SPECIAL LUNCH TIME WORKSHOP! Making Trade Fair, the Struggle for Justice -- Cesar Sanchez Casa Guatemala / Maya Essence

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Workshop Session Five
- Farmworker-student alliances -- Norma Himert CIW/SFA
- Discrimination Against Muslims in The American Immigration Judicial System -- Elizabeth Brotherton
- "Lost In Haiti" Short Film Showing & Discussion about Haitian American -- Producer Gregory Jesus Luc Bourgeoizie Filmz
- Dream Act -- A Mohammed DREAMActivist.org

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM: Workshop Session Six
- Braceros -- Sergio Moreno Union de braceros
- Sojourners Visitation Program for Detainees (2) -- David Fraccaro
- Video workshop -- Anka Karewicz Video Chamba
- Community of Advocates for Undocumented Student Education Organizing & Issues in Chicago -- Nancy Serrano -- CAUSE

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Strategy Section One
- Working Class Caucasus
- Detention & Deportation Support Strategy Meeting
- LGBTQ Caucasus
- Student/Youth Caucasus

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Report Back from strategy section/campaign discussion

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Dinner

7:00 PM - 10:30 PM: Immigrant Community Town Hall and Cultural Festival and Immigrant Conference Benefit After Party

Community Town Hall 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Key Note Speaker: Kim Bobo - Executive Director Interfaith Worker Justice
Performers: BAGWIS, Tonathiu De La Cruz, Luis Badillo.

Immigrant Conference After Party! 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Performer: ReadNex Poetry Squad



Sunday April 12, 2009

We'll Move Our Conference to Casa Aztlan!
1831 S. Racine, Chicago, Il 60608 Direction

Heart of the Pilsen neighborhood--Chicago's progressive Latino Community, we'll invite the local community to join with us to formulate our 2009-2010 National Grssroots Immigrant Strategy!

9:00 AM: Conference/tabling begin, light breakfast

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Assembly: Formulating 2009-2010 Grassroots Immigrant Campaign Strategy

10:30 AM -11:30 AM: Strategy session Two
- Women Caucus
- May Day 2009 Organizing Strategy Meeting

11:30 PM -12:30 PM: Strategy section Three
- Detention & Deportation Support Strategy Meeting
- Legislative Strategy Meeting

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch and do-it-yourself networking/issue meetings

1:30 - 4:30 PM: Strategy Assembly
- Proposals: clarify questions and vote for endorsement for the proposals.
- Based on the proposals that are passed, lay down our 6-9-month campaign strategy and create working groups.

End with encouraging words and unity clap!