This is is a one-day interdisciplinary symposium on the future of immigration detention.
Join us for a timely symposium at Rutgers University where we will shed light on the social history of Elizabeth Detention Center and its location in New Jersey's political economy and in the changing landscapes of immigration detention in the United States.
The symposium features both academic, policy, detainee, and activist perspectives on the challenges surrounding immigrant detention in New Jersey and the United States.
Speakers: Abdulai Bah, Ulla D. Berg, Carolina Sánchez Boe, Pina Cirillo, Will Coley, Deirdre Conlon, Jenny Garcia, Amy Gottlieb, Nancy Hiemstra, Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, Sebastián León, Elizabeth Llorente, Lauren Major, Selvin Martinez, Lori Nessel, Kathy O'Leary, Sally Pillay, Mary Rizzo, Katy Sastre, Whitney Strub, Amy Torres, Sarah Tosh, Penny Venetis, Gabriela Viera, and Bill Westerman.
Coordination and Support:
The symposium is coordinated by the Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies in collaboration with American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), First Friends of NJ and NY, and Detention Watch Network, with the support from the following Rutgers units: School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), Institute for the Study Global Racial Justice (ISGRJ), Global Latinx New Jersey, the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), the Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies (LCS), Rutgers Center for Immigration Law, Policy, and Justice (RU-N), the Department of Sociology, Advanced Institute for Critical Caribbean Studies (RAICCS), and the Program in Criminal Justice.