Connecticut College | Undocumented Hispanic Migration Conference

Sunday, October 18

8 a.m. Continental Breakfast
1962 Room East

8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Concurrent Panel Sessions

Cro 1: Undocumented Mexican Immigrants Living on the Margins of a Dream

Milagros Ricourt, Lehman College, City University of New York
Everyday Life and Community Building: Mexicans in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York

Alyshia Gálvez, Lehman College, City University of New York
Resolviendo: How September 11th Tested and Transformed a New York City Mexican Immigrant Organization

David Badillo, Lehman College, City University of New York
Litigating Language Policy for Illinois Mexican Migrants: The Gomez Decision

Marjorie Rosen, Lehman College, City University of New York
The Impact of 287(g) on the Daily Life of Undocumented Hispanics in Northwest Arkansas, Land of Wal-Mart

Moderator: Laura Lomas, Rutgers University

Cro 2: Unaccompanied Children

Hilary Chester, Assistant Director for Family Reunification,
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Child Migration: Paths of Smaller Footsteps

M. Aryah Somers, Staff Attorney/KIND Fellow, The Door
Children Migrating Through Systems of Protection and Control: A Legal Perspective

Weihui Wang and Tiffany Nelms, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
Strengthening Children Affected by Migration Separation

Moderator: Anita Khashu, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Cro 3: Health and Nutrition Action Research in a Mexican Community in New Jersey

Teresa Vivar, LAZOS America Unida
Community Health and Nutrition Activities in New Jersey and Oaxaca

Peter Guarnaccia, Rutgers University
We Eat Meat Everyday: Ecology and Economy of Nutrition in Oaxaca and Mexico

Karen D’Alonzo, Rutgers University
Physical Activity Patterns of Mexican-American Women in New Jersey

Moderator: Peter Guarnaccia, Rutgers University

Cro 4: United States Coast Guard Migrant Interdiction Experiences in the Caribbean

Lt. Matthew S. Baker, U.S. Coast Guard
Lt. John M. Fiorentine, U.S. Coast Guard
Capt. Gary W. Palmer, U.S. Coast Guard (retired)

Moderator: Capt. Glenn Sulmasy, United States Coast Guard Academy

Cro 5: Labor and Remittances

María Amparo Cruz-Saco, Connecticut College
Migration and Remittances Before and After the Current Economic Crisis

Elaine Levine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Undocumented Latinos in the U.S. Labor Market

Miguel Ramirez, Trinity College
Remittances and Growth in Latin America: A Panel Study

Moderator: María Amparo Cruz-Saco, Connecticut College

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10:30 a.m.-Noon Concurrent Panel Sessions

Cro 1: Shades of Legality: Daily Life, Well-Being and Identity of Undocumented and Temporarily Protected Central Americans

Arely M. Zimmerman, University of California, Los Angeles
Collective Identity and the Politics of Belonging: Central Americans in Los Angeles

Karina Oliva-Alvarado, University of California, Los Angeles
Central American Undocumented Status as Non-existence in Comparative Discussion to Orlando Patterson’s Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study

Leisy Abrego, University of California, Irvine
Transnational Family Well-Being: The Significance of Legal Status for Immigrant Parents and their Children in El Salvador

Moderator and Discussant: Cecilia Menjívar, Arizona State University

Cro 2: Migration Narratives

Raúl Martínez Rosario, Author
Why I Migrated by Boat from the Dominican Republic

Emma Amador, University of Michigan
Learning to Write Stories of Migration: The Journeys of Raúl Martínez Rosario

Laura Lomas, Rutgers University
Undocumented Subjects: Narratives of Migration in the Americas

Moderator: Anne C. Gebelein, Trinity College

Cro 3: Undocumented Labor and “Illegality” in the U.S. Heartland: Oklahoma, Arkansas and Rural Pennsylvania

Linda Allegro, New School for Social Research
Legal and Economic Boundaries in the U.S. Heartland: Latino Migrants in Oklahoma, 2006-2008

Miranda Cady Hallett, Cornell University
Deferred Deportation, Community Transformation: Dynamics of Place-Identification and Legal Exclusion in Rural Arkansas

Jane Juffer, Cornell University
The Strangers Among Us? Latino Migration and Community in Pennsylvania

Discussant: Andrew Grant Wood, University of Tulsa

Cro 4: Immigrant and Migrant Youth in Education

Mimi V. Chapman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Creating Confianza: Parents, Providers and Schools Working Together for New Immigrant Youth

Mercedes Naber, Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, Toledo Public Schools and
Lakota School District
Working with Hispanic Migrant Students

Margaret Bucaram, Literacy Coach, New London High School
Mirna Martínez, Teacher, Dual Language Arts Academy
Anthony Nolan, School Resource Officer, New London High School
Shalimar Ramos Wuyke, Director of Bilingual/ESL Education
A Conversation with New London Public School Teachers and Administrators

Moderator: Michael James, Connecticut College

Cro 5: Health Care, Mental Health and Domestic Violence

Maytte Restrepo-Ruiz, Prevention and Education Program Coordinator, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Undocumented Migration and Domestic Violence: Women Tell Their Stories

Alejandro Meléndez Cooper, Director, Community Health Center
Vicki Carter, Psychologist, Community Health Center
Mary Blankson, Nurse Practitioner, Community Health Center
Karen Nicole Porter, Manager, Emergency Department, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
A Conversation with New London Health Care Providers

Moderator: Jessica Mulligan, Connecticut College

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12:15 p.m. Concluding Remarks
Roger Brooks, Dean of the Faculty, Connecticut College
1962 Room East

12:20-1:15 p.m. Plenary Lecture
1962 Room East

Alejandro Portes
Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
No Margin for Error: Barriers to Success and Means to Overcome Them Among Children of Unauthorized Migrants

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