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| "The Dreamer and the Day Laborer: Two Faces of the Immigrants Rights Movement" Spring 2018 Marxe School Ackerman lecture by Manuel Castro |
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| Start Date: | 4/30/2018 | Start Time: | 5:00 PM |
| End Date: | 4/30/2018 | End Time: | 9:00 PM |
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Event Description:
"The Dreamer and the Day Laborer: Two Faces of the Immigrants Rights Movement"
Spring 2018 Marxe School Ackerman lecture by Manuel Castro
Executive Director of New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE)
This lecturer will focus on Manuel's work in and with New York City government to strengthen the labor rights and organizing of day laborers in the NYC. The New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), is a community-based organization dedicated to building the power of day laborers and immigrant workers in New York.
Prior to joining NICE, Manuel led federal and state advocacy campaigns
for the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), the largest and most
diverse statewide immigrant coalition in the country. At NYIC he
coordinated a statewide campaign of nearly 200 organizations working to
pass federal immigration reform. The campaign played a major role in
successfully advocating for President Obama’s executive actions on
immigration. Manuel also coordinated the Immigrants Vote! Campaign, the
largest, non-partisan voter registration and Get Out the Vote campaign
focused on immigrants in the state.
Manuel earned a Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) from the School
of Public Affairs at Baruch College and a Bachelor of Arts from
Hampshire College
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Location Information:
Baruch College - Information & Technology Building (Library Building) (View Map)
151 E. 25th St.
New York, NY 10010
New York
Room: Atrium, Rackow Room and Lounge - Rooms 750 and 760
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Schools/Departments:
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs |
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