Door time: 5:30 PM
Event time: 6:00 PM
Supported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation
Immigration: Is This Who We Are?
You hear it time and again. The United States is a country of immigrants, but as ICE’s aggressive tactics increase daily, this adage has now been politicized. Is this who we are as a country and what we want to be? Join us as we discuss the implications the current immigration policy and enforcement has on our American identity.
Moderators:
Professor Michael Uy (College of Music, Director of the American Music Research Center)
Kathleen Glynn, Staff Attorney with the Immigration Defense Clinic at Colorado Law
Kathleen M. Glynn is a 2005 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). At Boalt, Katie was a part of the International Human Rights Clinic and interned with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC). Her research and writing with CLINIC on the regulations governing immigration detention was published in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin. Katie was also a student researcher and author on a report published by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom addressing the detention of asylum-seekers. In 1995, Katie graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Theology.
Katie’s practice includes immigration law and the representation of immigrant children and their caregivers in Colorado state guardianship, parental responsibilities (custody), and adoption proceedings. Her areas of expertise include: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, removal (deportation) defense of unaccompanied children, children’s asylum claims, citizenship claims, and the intersection of immigration law and adoption. Katie lectures frequently on representing immigrant children before the immigration tribunals and on obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status orders from the Colorado state courts. Katie also serves as litigation support in the area of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for the Colorado Office of the Child’s Representative (OCR).
The Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community.
Our purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult, provocative, or controversial, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.
Our objective is NOT to necessarily agree, fix anything, prove anyone right or wrong, or alter anyone’s position.
We are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you
- Keep an open mind
- Be respectful of others
- Listen with the intent to understand
- Speak your own truth
We expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.
This is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP.
Located in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club, on the lower level of the Community House.