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Immigration and Labor Panel Discussion and Multimedia Exhibition - Vanderbilt

Friday, 12 November 2004
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Vanderbilt Center for the Americas invites you to a series of exciting events THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2004.
These events, which include a photojournalistic exhibit, a talk by the artist/writer, and a panel discussion, highlight the subject of transnational migrant labor in the Americas. They are planned in conjunction with the launch of a new on-line journal, AmeriQuests: The Journal of the Center for the Americas.

Program:
4:00- 4:30 p.m.
Welcome from the Center for the Americas and Journal Launch (201 Alumni Hall)

4:30- 5:30 p.m.
"The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers" (201 Alumni Hall)

A presentation by photographer/writer Rick Nahmias.
This exhibit will reside in 201 Alumni Hall from November 12 through December 3, 2004.

5:45 p.m.
Reception sponsored by the Canadian Consulate in Atlanta (203 Alumni Hall)

7:30- 9:00 p.m.
Panel discussion: "Guest-Worker Programs and the Labor-Immigration Crisis: A Comparative US/Canada Perspective" (103 Wilson Hall)
Guest-Worker Programs and the Labor-Immigration Crisis: A Comparative US/Canada Perspective

November 12, 2004, 7:30-9 p.m.

103 Wilson Hall, Vanderbilt Campus
NASHVILLE, TN
Panelists:
Veema Verma (Barrister and Solicitor, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish, Toronto, Ontario) William Beardall (Executive Director, Equal Justice Center, Austin, Texas, and Professor Adjunct, University of Texas Law School)
Kerri Sherlock (Break the Chain Campaign, Washington D.C.)
Rick Nahmias (artist/writer, Los Angeles, California)

Moderator:
Jennifer Rosenbaum (Southern Migrant Legal Services, Nashville, Tennessee)

Co-Sponsors:
The Government of Canada
Vanderbilt International Law Society
The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Southern Migrant Legal Services
Nashville Task Force on Refugees and Immigrants
ACLU Tennessee
Conexión Américas

For more information, please visit our website at
www.vanderbilt.edu/americas
or call (615) 343-2818.
This Event is a part of International Education Week at Vanderbilt.
(Panel discussion is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

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