Push and Pull: Free Trade and the Immigration Debate
a presentation by
Juan Manuel Sandoval and David Bacon
Friday, April 20th, SEM2 D1105 12 Noon to 1:30 PM
Free and Open to All

A Global ExchangeTour brought to Evergreen by the program, Mediaworks and The Labor Center

The dramatic debate over immigration that played out in America's streets and the halls of Congress last year has returned to the national stage with the introduction of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation.

David Bacon and Juan Manuel Sandoval, two leading scholars and activists, one from each side of the border, will help us grapple with the complex and controversial issues surrounding free trade and immigration using photos and stories from their years of organizing.

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Born in Mexico City, Juan Manuel Sandoval is a leading social activist and academic in Mexico City who holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from UCLA. He is General Coordinator of the Permanent Seminar on Chicano and Border Studies in Mexico City, a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, and member of the Board of Directors of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (USA).

David Bacon is a writer and photojournalist on issues of labor, immigration and international trade. He will share analysis and photos from his recently published photo-documentary books, The Children of NAFTA and Communities Without Borders, to highlight the realities of immigrants here in the United States and of Mexicans still living in Mexico. For twenty years, Bacon was a labor organizer for unions with a large percentage of immigrant workers in their membership. Those experiences give him a unique insight into changing conditions in the workforce, the impact of the global economy on migration, and how these factors influence workers rights. Bacon was chair of the board of the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and helped organize the Labor Immigrant Organizers Network and the Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health.