Immigrants and Services in New York City (Part 1)

"Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York.

Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants.

The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]
David Birdsell
Dean of the School of Public Affairs

Mitchel B. Wallerstein
President, Baruch College

Carol Robles-Roman
Deputy Mayor, City of New York

Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11
Mickey Blum
Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research
Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College

A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.,
introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

[Part II -- 59 min.]
""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel

Jay Hershenson
Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY

Ken Guest
Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College

Ke Liang
Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College

Laura Rodriguez
Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE

Melanie Reyes
Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition

Robert Courtney Smith
Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College

Edwin Melendez
Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies

Vilna Bashi Treitler
Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College

[Part III -- 59 min.]
""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel:

David Birdsell
Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College

Sandra Dunn
Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation

The Honorable Carlos Sada
Consul General, Mexican Consulate

John Mollenkopf
Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center

Fatima Shama
Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.

Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement""
Monica Varsanyi
Professor of Political Science, John Jay College

Els de Graauw
Professor of Political Science, Baruch College

Sgt. Rafet Awad
NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"