Conference Schedule: July 27-29, 2007 NISN National Grassroots Immigrant Strategy Conference, University of Richmond Law School, Richmond, VA

Feature Film Showing: SENTENCED HOME

Putting a human face on controversial immigration policy, SENTENCED HOME follows three young Cambodian Americans through the deportation process. Raised in inner city Seattle, they pay an unbearable price for mistakes they made as teenagers. Caught between their tragic pasts and an uncertain future, each young man confronts a legal system that offers no second chances. >> Read More | Preview

* Followed by community discussion and telephone interview with Many Uch from Seattle, WA--one of the deportees featured in the film, and the speaker from The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.

Saturday 7/28

9:00 AM: Conference/tabling begins

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Assembly: State of the Current Immigrant Legislation, Where We're Going from Here
Lee Siu Hin, National Coordinator, National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN)
Vincenta Montoya, Immigration Lawyer, NISN Immigrant Legislation Working Group

10:30 AM -11:45 AM Workshop Session 1
A. Immigrant Legislation 101
Lee Siu Hin, National Coordinator, National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN)
Vincenta Montoya, Immigration Lawyer, NISN Immigrant Legislation Working Group

B. Immigrant Youth Activism, DREAM Act
Sueños del Barrio, New York, NY

C. Immigrants and the Antiwar Movement
Mélida & Carlos Arredondo, the People United for Peace

11:45 AM -1:00 PM Workshop Session 2
A. Immigrant Women's Rights
Jessica Hernandez
Speaker from National Latina Institute of Reproductive Health

B. Alternative to Empire (Diverse Organizing Tactics)
Travis F. Morales, Revolution Newspaper
Danilo Lawvere, Buffalo Forum

C. Skill Workshop: Internet Activism for Immigrants' Rights
Christian Fernandez, Software Libre
Speaker from the Richmond Independent Media Center
Lee Siu Hin, National Coordinator, National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN)

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch and do-it-yourself networking/issue meetings

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop Session 3
A. Immigrant Labor Activism - Justice for Smithfield Campaign
Nazey Gulec, UFCW-Justice@Smithfield Campaign

B. Asian-American Experience
Justin Reyes, NAASCon
Lee Siu Hin, National Coordinator, National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Many Uch, immigrant facing deport (joining phone from Seattle, WA)
Speaker from The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.(joining phone from Washington DC)

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Strategy Section 1
- Student/Youth Caucus
- Labor Strategy Section

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Report Back from strategy section/campaign discussion

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Dinner

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Community Town Hall/Film Festival on Immigrant Rights [Free to the Public!]

Mélida & Carlos Arredondo, the People United for Peace
Their son, Alexander, was killed in Iraq. Instead of sadness, they actively reaches out to other families who have lost their family members and public speaking against the war in Iraq, and linking immigrant rights movement with peace activism.
>> Read More

United Food & Commercial Workers Union
Justice @ Smithfield campaign Linking Immigrant Rights Movement with Labor Activism

Feature Film Showing: REEL BAD ARABS

REEL BAD ARABS is a groundbreaking film that dissects a slanderous cinematic history. The films examined here date from cinema's earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding, bomb-exploding "evil" Arabs. >> Read More | Preview

Sunday 7/29

9:00 AM: Conference/tabling begin

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Morning Assembly: Formulating 2007-2008 Immigrant Campaign Strategy
Moderated by: Lee Siu Hin, National Coordinator, National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN)

10:30 AM -11:30 AM Strategy session 2
- Women's Caucus
- Interfaith Strategy Section

11:30 PM -12:30 PM Strategy section 3
- LGBTQ Caucusus
- Detention & Deportation, Sentaruraty Movement Strategy Section

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. [More Information]

End with encouraging words and unity clap!

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