Currently, the immigrant rights movement is continuing its fight for comprehensive immigration reform–working to create a pathway to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented individuals in this country. At the same time, the corporate media depicts undocumented immigrants as job stealers, lazy welfare cheats, and possible “terrorist” all at the same time. This false narrative not only hurts immigrant communities, it also impacts our ability to move any transformative policy. How can the media justice and immigrant rights movements work together more effectively to uplift the stories of those families most directly impacted by bad legislation, border security and deportations? How are the online and office privacy and rights of immigrants being violated by the U.S. Government?
This Digital Dialogue will bring together organizers, media justice activists, journalists, cultural workers and policy experts who are working to advance a immigrant rights agenda that upholds the dignity, labor and human rights of immigrant communities. On the call we will hear about the various storytelling, media making and cultural strategies to advance this fight.
Featured Speakers:
- Laura Muraida, Southwest Workers Union
- Aura Bogado, The Nation & Colorlines
- Chris Calabrese, American Civil Liberties Union
- B. Loewe, National Day Laborers Organizing Network
- Celso Mireles, United We Dream
Moderated by Pedro Joel Espinosa, IDEPSCA & Betty Yu, Center for Media Justice