WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. July 18, 2005: A reader passes along this news of an attempt to come to grips with the issues of day labor in Westchester County.
Greetings!
Through my work with the Westchester Hispanic Coalition, I've become more aware of the polarizing that seems to take place in communities centered around immigration issues, day laborers and related things.
Because of some good luck and hard work, the Westchester Hispanic Coalition has been able to bring together some excellent resources and experts in the field into our region on Friday, July 29 to share best practices, and hopefully, to illustrate some solutions that have worked in other communities.
See below -- please feel welcome to join us, and to invite folks from towns and villages that you interact with who you think may have an interest in learning more about this subject.
The Westchester Hispanic Coalition in collaboration with the Institute of Policy Alternatives at Sarah Lawrence College and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network are pleased to announce the presentation of an educational forum on Day Laborers on July 29th from 10 am to 11:30 am at Titsworth Lecture Hall, Sarah Lawrence College. The forum will focus on political and economic sources of the upsurge in immigration to the U.S., and will highlight the efforts of people in cities around the country to constructively address issues presented by the presence of immigrant day laborers. The workshop will help illustrate “best practice” models from other areas, and explore some of the aspects faced by individuals who come here to work, as well as the effects on local communities.
Participants in the program include Pablo Alvarado, National Coordinator for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network; Dean Hubbard, Joan Woodward Chair in Public Policy and Advocacy & Director, Institute for Policy Alternatives, Sarah Lawrence College; and Abel Valenzuela, Director of the Center for the Study of Urban Poverty at UCLA. The forum will also feature presentations from local day laborers.
Please save the date and join us for this important event!
Sarah Lawrence College is located in the City of Yonkers at the border of Bronxville only 15 miles north of midtown Manhattan & just a 30-minute train ride from Grand Central to the Bronxville station on the MetroNorth Harlem line.
Mailing address: 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708 For more information on the forum, please call Dana Weimar at the Westchester Hispanic Coalition: (914) 948-8466.
