Building Inclusive Communities: A regional symposium on current immigration issues

Opening Plenary:

• Bill Ong Hing, Founder of Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Professor at UC Davis
• Ana Pérez, Executive Director of the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
• Rev. Kelvin Sauls, Director of Congregational Development for the United Methodist Church and Co-Founder of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

Hosted By:
The FAITHS/ Social Justice Program of The San Francisco Foundation
The Koshland Program of The San Francisco Foundation

Workshops will include:

• Immigration Raids and Enforcement: Community Impact and Response
• Building Multi Racial Alliances
• Immigration 101: “The Real Deal”
• Promoting Citizenship and Civic Engagement
• Mobilizing the Immigrant Vote
• Demystifying the Economics of Immigration

Date: June 5, 2008
Time: 8:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Location: First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St. Oakland, CA 94612
BART Station: 12th St. Downtown Oakland

Schedule:
8:30 – Continental Breakfast/ Registration
9:00 – Program Begins

This half day program is free of charge. Lunch will be provided.

RSVP by email to Dennis Quirin at deq@sff.org by May 31, 2008

For more information call Dennis Quirin at 415.733.8527.