Date
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Time
8:30 am-7:30pm
Location
St. John’s University, Queens Campus
D’Angelo Center, Rooms 416 A&B
Sponsored By:
St. John’s University’s Committee on Latin American and Caribbean
Studies (CLACS)
In conjunction with
Touro College and The Office of the Provost, St. John’s College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, The School of Education, The Office of
Multicultural Affairs, Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Sigma
Iota Alpha Sorority, Inc.
and
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)
Empowering our Immigrant Neighbors
Part II: Agenda for Action
Thursday, March 31, 2011
8 -8:30 a.m. - Registration
and Breakfast
8:30-9:10 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
Diane S. Hergenrother, Ed.D.
Associate Provost for Academic Planning & Resource Management,
St. John's University
Introduction to Conference
Alina Camacho-Gingerich,
Ph.D.
Chair of St. John’s University’s CLACS
Distinguished Remarks
Hon. Felix Augustine
Consul General of Haiti in New York
Hon. Geneive Brown Metzger
Consul General of Jamaica in New York
Hon. Carol Delgado
Consul General of Venezuela in New York
A.M. Gondane, Ph.D.
Deputy Consul General of the Consulate of India
Maria Alejandra Costa
Vice Consul of the Consulate General of Uruguay
Isabel Padilla
Director of the Cultural Department of the Dominican Republic
Consulate in New York
Adriana Ximena Belalcazar
Peña
Business Affairs for the Consul General of Colombia in New
York
9:10 - 10 a.m. - Keynote Speaker
Commissioner Fatima A. Shama
Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
10 - 10:15 a.m. - Presentation
Clover Hall, Ed.D., St. John's University, Vice President of
Institutional Research and Academic Planning
“Who are We? A Demographic Portrait of the Immigrant
Population”
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. - Coffee
Break
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. - Panel One
“Empowering Immigrant Students: Promising School
Practices”
Organizer and Chair: Yvonne Pratt-Johnson,
Ed.D., St. John's University, School of Education
- Frank Le Veness, Ph.D., St. John’s University, Government and
Politics: “Puerto Rican Immigration to New York City.”
- Dolores Beckham, Ed.D., Principal of Joseph Pulitzer School,
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
- Michelle Budion, Coordinator of English Languages Learners,
Copiague School District, Copiague, NY
- Sandra Ray, Parent Coordinator at Public School 33, Queens,
NY
11:45 - 12:45 p.m. - Panel
Two
“Press Coverage of National and Local Immigration
Concerns”
Organizer and Chair: Natalie Byfield,
Ph.D., St. John’s University, Sociology and Anthropology
- Laura Wides-Muñoz, Associated Press, Hispanic Affairs
Writer
- Albor Ruiz, Columnist, New York Daily News
- Julio Paredes, Lifestyle Editor, El Diario/La Prensa
- Arun Venugopal, India Abroad
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch
Break
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - Panel Three
“Psychological Strategies to Encourage Resilience in our
Immigrants”
Organizer and Chair: Rafael Art. Javier,
Ph.D., St. John's University, Department of Psychology,
Director of Postgraduate Professional Programs
- Frank R. Solano, Ph.D., Director, Puerto Rican Family
Institute, New Jersey: “A Puerto Rican Immigrant and the
Nuyoricans: Political Power for the Community”
- Hawthorne Smith, Ph.D., Clinical Director- Bellevue/NYU Program
for Survivors of Torture: “Needed - Not Just Needy: Empowerment as
a Tool in the Treatment of Survivors of Torture”
- Grace Wong, Ph.D., Psychologist at South Beach Psychiatric
Center: “Current Issues Working with Asian Patients: Childrearing
Issues with Fuzhounese Patients from China”
- Ernesto Mujica, Ph.D., Supervisor of Psychotherapy,William
Alanson White Institute for Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and
Psychology:“Strengthening Resilience in Immigrants Who Present With
Dissociative Features Related to Acculturation Stress and
PTSD”
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Panel Four
“Immigrants’ Activism in Adversarial Times”
Organizer(s) and Chair(s): Roberta Villalón, Ph.D., Sociology and
Anthropology; and Elaine Carey, Ph.D., History, St. John's
University
- Ashook Ramsaran, Executive Vice President, The Global
Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO International):
“Challenges and Opportunities Facing Immigrants of Indian Origin
from the Caribbean in the USA.”
- Evelyn Schlatter, Southern Poverty Law Center: “Border
Skirmishes: The Latest Surge in Anti-immigrant Activity”
- Kathleen Coll, Stanford University: “Dignidad, respeto,
reconocimiento: Latina Immigrant Activism and Cultural Citizenship
in San Francisco, California”
- Silvia Domínguez, Northeastern University: “Social Flow: How
Immigrants Get Ahead”
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Coffee
Break
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. - Panel Five
“The Experience of St. John’s University’s Immigrant
Students”
Chair: Shirley P. Cisneros,
Graduate Research Assistant, St. John’s University
- Felipe Alfaya
- Erez Bar-Levy
- Shirley P. Cisneros
- John Cruz
- Miguel Valerio
- Vivian Vescovacci
- Brittany Wilkinson
4:45 - 6:30 p.m. -
Documentary
“Abused: The Postville Raid”
Q & A with Director, Luis
Argueta
6:30 - 6:45 p.m. - Special Remarks
Louis Primavera, Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate Psychology and Dean of Health Sciences at Touro
College
6:45 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Michael Wolfe, Ph.D.
Associate Dean,
Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences, St. John’s University
7 p.m. - Wine and Cheese Reception
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