Join us for Reimagine Belonging, Sep. 19 Â at the New School (Newsletter)

With WINGS and ROOTS invites community members to join us for the U.S. launch of our website, REIMAGINE BELONGING, at the New School University Center (65 5th Ave, NYC) on Saturday, September 19th at 5:30 pm. RSVP here!

5:30 - Installation of Migration History

6:00 - Film Preview & Website Walk Through

6:30 - Panel Discussion: Immigrant Rights, Racial Justice and New Visions of Citizenship

8:00 - Reception with Video Booth for Sharing Stories

ABOUT THE PANEL 

Immigrant Rights, Racial Justice and New Visions of Citizenship

The questions of who is allowed to migrate and belong urgently beg to be answered, as the U.S. and the Europe increasingly militarize their borders. How are current social movements envisioning new definitions of citizenship and belonging? Historically, what have been the shared mechanisms of exclusion as well as efforts for equality between immigrants and racialized “Americans”? How is the current global refugee crisis calling for new visions of citizenship and belonging? How can historical and contemporary narratives impact our work in various sectors? 

Featuring: Peter Kwong (CUNY Graduate Center/Hunter College), David Levy (Facing History and Ourselves), Tania Mattos (UnLocal), Abraham Paulos (Families for Freedom), & Christina Antonakos-Wallace (with WINGS and ROOTS; moderator)

We hope you will join us, and help spread the word! Sample social media language and event flyer follow!

ABOUT US

with WINGS and ROOTS is a transnational project that centers on the voices of young people from immigrant families and contributes to the global migration discourse through multiple media and education platforms, including documentary film, interactive migration timelines, an online story archive, and workshops. 

This special event is in collaboration with the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, Humanity in Action, the New School University Student Senate, the New York Coalition of Radical Educators, and Teach Dream.