POSTPONED: Current U.S. Immigration Policy and Practice:
Undermining Health and Human Rights
Join the Rutgers School of Public Health for its second Urban Public Health Conference: “Current U.S. Immigration Policy and Practice: Undermining Health and Human Rights,” with keynote speaker Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF).
In its 50 years of civil rights litigation, policy advocacy, and leadership, MALDEF has spearheaded the most important protections of our time including challenging unlawful detention and raids, fighting to protect the right of day laborers to seek work, and defending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (commonly known as DACA), initiative that offers temporary relief to young immigrants brought to this country as children.
Following Saenz’s keynote, we will have panel examining the public health effects of recent actions against immigrants and will discuss New Jersey policy and practice including sanctuary cities protections currently in place which are now being challenged by the Trump Administration. The conference will include a dynamic mix of participants including elected officials, leaders and professionals from non-profit organizations, researchers and academics, and community members.
Tentative Agenda (subject to change):
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Welcome
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Keynote speaker: Tom Saenz, President and CEO, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. LUNCH
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Panel: Public Health Implications of current U.S. policy and practice Facilitated by Laura Magana, President and CEO, Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Coffee & Networking
Continuing Education Credits:
Eligible participants who complete this webinar will be awarded 3.75 New Jersey Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hour (CE). Rutgers-SPH has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).
4.0 Category 1 CHES Continuing Education Contact Hours have been approved for this event by the Rutgers School of Public Health Center for Public Health Workforce Development, Provider Number 97999.