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Pratt Center: Sanctuary Cities For All: Growing Powerful Communities in Uncertain Times
March 3, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Pratt Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment and NYC Environmental Justice Alliance Present: 2017 Spring Lecture Series
THE TRUMP AGENDA vs. PLURALISM: Analysis + Resistance.
CITIES’ RESPONSES / DISPLACEMENT + SEGREGATION + INFRASTRUCTURE + FAIR SHARE EQUITABLE + COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / CLIMATE CHANGE + ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Every presidential transition, especially when there is a change in the party in power, brings with it a level of anxiety and a degree of turmoil. This year the election of Donald Trump as President, after a brutal campaign, has created unprecedented levels of anxiety and concern about the direction that this country is about to embark upon.
Join a four-part series offering live analysis & probing examination of the Trump administration’s first 100 days.
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Session 2: Friday, March 3, 6-8pm
Sanctuary Cities For All: Growing Powerful Communities in Uncertain Times
Sanctuary Cities For All: Growing Powerful Communities in Uncertain Times
Speakers Including:
Mark Winston Griffith, Executive Director, Brooklyn Movement Center,
Nisha Agarwal, Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs,
Roberto “Mukaro” Borrero, Taíno Nation, and
Peter L. Markowitz, Professor of Law, Director, Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, Cardozo School of Law [Invited, Confirmation Pending]