Covering Immigration: an information session for journalists

A break down of the executive orders and how Chicago communities are reacting

Time and place

5-8 p.m. Feb. 28Columbia College Chicago33 E. Congress Parkway, room 219

Event description

Co-sponsored by the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, this event is free, open to journalists and journalism students. It is not a news conference, but part of Public Narrative’s ongoing speed dating programs to update journalists on key issues and introduce them to community sources.This program is to provide journalists with an understanding of the three executive orders and the legal issues they present despite Chicago’s Sanctuary City designation. And to hear about the problems neighborhoods are already coping with and what they see coming in the future.

Participants

Moderator: Maudlyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun-TimesFeaturing people from:

• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, attorney
• Community Activism Law Alliance, attorney
• National Immigrant Justice Center, attorney
• The Resurrection Project
• Korean American Resource and Cultural Center,
• Southwest Organizing Project
• United African Organization
• Arab American Family Services
• Inner City Muslim Action Council

 For more information, call 312-369-6400