Schedule:

     
Friday, February 26    
10:30-2:30 p.m.
  Worldwide Service Fair
    Buntrock Commons Crossroads
     
3:30-5:00 p.m.
   Welcome
    Opening Keynote: Cecilia Menjívar

"Citizenship, Immigration, and Exclusion: Latino Immigrants and the Contemporary Immigration Regime"
    Black and Gold Ballroom, Buntrock Commons,
   
5:00-6:00 p.m.
  Reception and Poster Show
Posters by Transnational Migration (SOAN245) Students
    Buntrock Commons Crossroads
     
5:30-7:30 p.m.
   Dinner (Invitation Only)
    Valhalla Dining Room, Buntrock Commons
     
7:30-8:45 p.m.
   "The Deportee's Wife" by Giselle Stern Hernández
    The Lion's Pause , Buntrock Commons

 

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Art Exhibit: Contemporary Immigration Issues
Artwork by Foundations of 2-D Media (ART102) Students

Buntrock Commons
The exhibit will run continuously during the Globalization Conference
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Saturday, February 27    
8:30-9:00 a.m.
  Continental Breakfast
    Black and Gold Ballroom Hallway, Buntrock Commons
     
9:00-10:00 a.m.
   Keynote Speaker: Kristi Andersen

"Incorporating Immigrants into American Civic and Political Life"
   

Black and Gold Ballroom, Buntrock Commons
10:15-11:15 a.m.
   Breakout Sessions
    Rolvaag Memorial Library
   

Sessions:
A. "Empowering English Language Learners Through Culturally Responsive Programs",
Michelle Brown Ton and May Lee Xiong,
Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet
http://www.phalenlake.spps. org/
Rolvaag Memorial Library, rm. 355

B. "Refugee Health in Our Own Backyard",
Ann O'Fallon, Refugee Health Coordinator,
Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/refugee/
Rolvaag Memorial Library, rm. 420

C. "Immigration Law and Policy",
Madeline Lohman, Advocates for Human Rights
http://www.mnadvocates.org/
Rolvaag Memorial Library, rm. 515

D. "Third Culture Kids: St. Olaf Immigrant Student Perspectives on Identity and Cross Cultural Adaptations", Panel of St. Olaf Students
Rolvaag Memorial Library, rm. 525

E. "Job Placement Issues: Barriers and What Nonprofits Do to Help", Steve Grove, Executive Director, Daily Work and Ben Guthrie '07, International Institute of Minnesota, http://www.iimn.org/
Rolvaag Memorial Library, rm. 421

F. "The Silent Partner:  A Spouse's Perspective on Life After Her Husband's Deportation", Giselle Stern Hernández
http://www.gsternhernandez.com/2.html
Rolvaag Memorial Library, rm. 520

     
11:30-12:30 p.m.
   Panel Discussion: "Immigrant Activism and Empowerment"
The Lion's Pause, Buntrock Commons
   

Panelists:
Beth Berry, Tackling Obstacles Raising College Hopes (T.O.R.C.H.), http://northfieldtorch.org/
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, http://www.startribune.com/ProjectCluck , Rural Enterprise Center, http://www.ruralec.com/
Janet Lewis Muth, Rice County Growing Up Healthy http://growinguphealthy.org/

   


All Conference Events are Free and Open to the Public.

 

Keynote Speeches will be streamed live at http://www.stolaf.edu/ multimedia/streams/upcoming. cfm?category=academic