Sneak Preview: Dystopia, Then Deportation
For more than a year, Dr. Nana Afua Yeboah and a team of experts have been researching racism in immigration court. Get a sneak preview and much more at “Dystopia, Then Deportation: Systemic Denial of ‘Dignity, Freedom & Justice’ for Black Migrants in the United States,” a joint event by Ohio Immigrant Alliance, Cameroon Advocacy Network, and Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in US on December 12 (2-5pm ET) in NYC.
The event includes a plenary and strategy sessions, with wisdom and leadership from B.T., a Mauritanian man seeking asylum in the US; A.F., a Cameroonian man granted asylum; A.T., a Mauritanian man deported from the US.; Dr. Nancy Adossi, migration expert; Houleye Thiam, Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in the US; Daniel Tse, Cameroon Advocacy Network; Breanne Palmer, Esq., AJA Advocacy Solutions; Malado Barro, Afrilingual Cooperative; Janvieve Williams Comrie, AfroResistance; Nicole Hewitt-Cabral, Community Action Strategies; and Dr. Afua Yeboah.
Register to attend (in-person or Zoom) at https://tinyurl.com/
This is part of “A Reflection on Human Rights: 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” at Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York, Dec. 11-12.
Nov. 29 @ Cleveland Heights — (Everything Is) Cells and Bodies
Head out to Mac’s Back’s Books (1820 Coventry Rd) for an evening dedicated to Volume 2 of the Ohio Migration Anthology, with local contributors Judy Bateman, Miles Budimir, Ray Danner, and OHIA Director Lynn Tramonte. The reading/book signing starts at 7pm. Volumes 1 and 2 will be available for purchase. See more here and at the Facebook event page.
If you can’t be there in person, pick up Volume 1 and Volume 2 online. They make terrific presents. And don’t forget to leave 5-star reviews!