Fall 2008 Events
2008 Reading Project: Enrique's Journey
Keynote Presentations:
Author Sonia Nazario
followed by a reception and book signing in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
7pm in the Pond Student Union Ballroom
Don Bartletti: Photographs of Migration
followed by a reception at the Pond Student Union Transition Gallery
Monday, Novemeber 3rd, 2008
6pm in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room
Panel Discussions:
Meet the Author: Sonia Nazario
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Noon in the Pond Student Union Little Wood River Room
The US-Mexico Border: Undocumented Crossers, the Border Wall, and Environmental Impacts
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Noon in the Pond Student Union Salmon River Suite
Donna Lybecker- Political Science
Dr. Lybecker's presentation will focus on policies concerning the illegal crossing of individuals along the U.S.-Mexican border. In particular the presentation will cover how security changes, including increased border protection in urban areas and the development of expanding border fencing an wall are impacting the border region and the environment.
Immigration Policies and Immigrant Realities
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
7 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Salmon River Suite
Participants:
Allan Christelow - History
Scott Benson- Economics
Donna Lybecker- Political Science
This discussion will focus on American immigration policies and how they are affecting the our nation. The discussion will endeavor to analyze the history of current immigration policy and how current policy is affected. It will also discuss the economic impacts of current policies. Finally, the it will address effects of the Wall on the environment and crossing migrants.
An Immigrant Student's Life
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Noon in the Pond Student Union Salmon River Suite
Participants:
2 Immigrant Students
This discussion will allow 2 students to tell their stories how they came to the United States and how they have dealt with life in the state.
Beyond the Border: An Immigrant's Life
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
7pm in the Pond Student Union Salmon River Suite
Participants:
Leo Morales - Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN)
Sara Castillo - Community Activist
Cydney Crue - Sociologist
The discussion will focus around the struggles and hardships that the immigrants go through after they cross the border. We will include the perspectives of two immigrants that have come to Idaho and work with the immigrant communities one here in Pocatello and the other in Boise with ICAN an immigrant rights activist group. The third panelist, from Idaho State University, will be a sociologist.