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Panel: The Criminalization of Immigrants & What We Can Do to Fight Back

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Come listen to some of LA’s foremost attorneys and organizers about what powers the current administration actually has to criminalize immigrants and how we can resist, from lawsuits and legal representation for individuals to organizing protests and building the power to win elections. Talk Box: Stand is a panel discussion on immigration moderated by David Levitus, the founder of LAForward.

Wednesday, August 15
7:00 – 9:00 PM
The Box @ SIJCC | 1110 Bates Ave
$10 or pay what you can at the door

Light refreshments will be served

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Panelists:

Mario Fuentes: Lead Organizer with L.A. Voice

Cynthis Buiza: ED of California Immigrant Policy Center

Sara Vanhofwegen: Supervising Staff Attorney in the Immigrants’ Rights Project at Public Counsel

Lindsay Toczylowski: Founding member and the Executive Director of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center

Earlier Event: August 12
August Organizing Meeting
Later Event: August 18
The Other Blue Wave: An Abbot Kinney Pop-Up Event

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