How Black Lives Matter and Immigration Intersect

  • March 21, 2019
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 CST
  • Sullivan Center, Galvin Auditorium
  • Immigration Advocacy History Project, justhistoryloyola@gmail.com
  • Free
  • Not open to the public.
  • https://immigrationadvocacyhistoryproject.wordpress.com
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    The Immigration Advocacy History Project at Loyola University Chicago is proud to announce two new events that highlight its effort to raise awareness of the work of immigration advocates. The exhibit, *Stand Strong on the Side of Righteousness: Immigration Advocacy, Past and Present, - runs through the end of April and the speaker event, *Opal Tometi, Black Lives Matter and Immigration: How are They Connected - takes place on March 21.

    *Stand Strong on the Side of Righteousness: Immigration Advocacy, Past and Present, an exhibit that draws from interviews with immigration advocates, is now open until the end of April on the second floor of Damen Center (6511 N. Sheridan Rd) at the Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore Campus. An online version of the exhibit will be available in April.

    *Opal Tometi, Black Lives Matter and Immigration: How are They Connected - hosts one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter on March 21, 2019 at 6 p.m. in Galvin Auditorium at the Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore Campus (6339 N. Sheridan Rd) and will address the intersectionality of immigration and race. Tometi is a globally recognized human rights advocate, strategist and writer of Nigerian-American descent. She is widely known for her role as a co-founder of Black Lives Matter and for her years of service as the Executive Director of the United States' first national immigrant rights organization for people of African descent. The Immigration Advocacy History Project is proud to co-sponsor this program along with Loyola¿s Department of Programming, African Student Alliance, History Department, Sociology Department, and Women's Studies and Gender Studies. Dr. Christopher Manning, associate professor of history and assistant provost on academic diversity at Loyola, will be the moderator. Tickets are open to Loyola students only and will be at the Damen Student Center desk starting Wednesday, March 13, 2019 for students to pick up. Students must have a Loyola ID to enter Galvin Auditorium for the event.

    The Immigration Advocacy History Project is an effort of Historians for a Just Society, a Loyola graduate student group supported by a grant from the Student Innovation Fund of Loyola's Plan 2020. Volunteers interviewed immigration advocates, whose stories will be preserved in the Loyola University Archives & Special Collections. The project also hosted a fall panel on immigrant identity and intersectionality.

    For more information, see https://immigrationadvocacyhistoryproject.wordpress.com or email justhistoryloyola@gmail.com.