Panel discussion and performance to focus on the changing faces of immigration
10/23/2008
The State University of New York at New Paltz will welcome author Judith Sloan to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 28, for a creative performance and panel discussion on immigration in America.
“Immigration and the Changing Face of America,” which takes place at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 102, will examine the issue of immigration by looking at materials, which portray the experiences of documented and undocumented immigrants prior to, and following, Sept. 11.
The evening will begin with a performance by Sloan from the book she co-authored with Warren Lehrer, “Crossing the BLVD: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America.” Immediately following the performance, Sloan will serve as moderator of a panel discussion titled “Immigration and the Changing Face of America.”
Panelists are Raluca Oncioiu, director of immigration services at Catholic Charities; Lee Bernstein, history professor at SUNY New Paltz; Margaret Wade-Lewis, black studies professor at SUNY New Paltz; and Marchelly Jodesty, a Haitian immigrant and SUNY New Paltz senior.
For more information, call (845) 257-3819.
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
