Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Immigration, Trade and Community - David Bacon in Portland April 19-20

On Immigration, Trade, and Community: Renowned photojournalist and author David Bacon is coming to Maine to share his insights on where the immigration reform movement stands today. He will be talking about the common economic and social concerns of immigrant and native-born American workers, and what true reform would look like. Members of Maine immigrant, labor and community groups are using David's time in Maine to meet and explore how we can work together for immigrant and labor rights and fair trade.

The evening of Monday, April 19, he will be at the North Star Music Caf
é, 225 Congress St. in Portland at 7PM with a talk tentatively titled "Communidad Sin Fronteras" (Community Without Borders).

On Tuesday, April 20, he will present a talk at the USM/Portland campus at the Glickman Library, 7th Floor Event Room from 9:30 - 11:00am: "Maine and America's greatest race problem: Xenophobia."

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