Protecting Immigrant Children – A Public Policy Crisis

2019 Forum Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

David N. Dinkins, 106th Mayor, City of New York; Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Michael A. Nutter, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia, David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Keynote Address

Maria Hinojosa, Founder of Futuro Media Group and Executive Producer of Latino USA on NPR

Panel Discussion - "Protecting Immigrant Children – A Public Policy Crisis"

Moderator: Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science and Director of the Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Michael A. Nutter, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia, David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Steven Choi, Executive Director at the New York Immigration Coalition

Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project

Dr. Irwin Redlener, Co-Founder, Children’s Health Fund and Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Mailman School of Public Health