Wealth & Poverty Week on Immigrants
The Wealth and Poverty Theme presents the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University , Feb. 1-8.
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Immigration has become a significant political issue across the world. An estimated 258 million people worldwide live in a country other than their country of birth. Nearly 50 million now live in the United States.
The Wealth and Poverty Week on Immigrants brings the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University community together to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by global migration flows both here and abroad.
- Friday, Feb. 1 - Tariq Tarey (photographer/visual ethnographer) "," 2-3 p.m., Alden 319, cosponsored by School of Visual Communication | .
- Monday, Feb. 4 - Meredith Gartin (Global Health) "," 5-6 p.m., Alden 319 | .
- Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Luis F.B. Plascencia (author of Disenchanting Citizenship and Mexican Workers and the Making of Arizona) "," noon-1:20 p.m., Alden 319, cosponsored by the Center for Law, Justice & Culture | .
- Wednesday, Feb. 6 - Charlie Morgan (Sociology) "," 6-7 p.m., Alden 319 | .
- Thursday, Feb. 7 - Felipe Aros-Vera (Industrial and Systems Engineering, Russ Engineering) "," 10:30-11:50 a.m., Alden 319 | .
- Friday, Feb. 8 - Myra Waterbury (Political Science) "," noon-1 p.m., Alden 319 | .
- Friday, Feb. 8 - Roy Boyd (Economics) "," 3-4 p.m., Alden 319 | .