ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

  SUNY & MIGRATION POLICY-MAKING
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Connecting researchers and policy-makers

At a time when immigration and border enforcement dominates news headlines and political debates, migration policy is increasingly relevant at all levels of government. New York State’s population is roughly 22% immigrants, and we are one of the top receivers of refugees in the nation (NYS Comptroller). In this context, SUNY expertise and leadership can critically contribute to migration policy-making at local, state, and federal levels. For example, SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson’s advocacy for the 2019 Senator Jose Peralta New York State Dream Act demonstrated the importance of SUNY leadership on immigration issues in New York State, and the efforts of SUNY and state policy-makers ensured that undocumented students now have access to financial aid and scholarships.

While SUNY faculty across a range of disciplines have significant expertise in migration-related issues, we often lack knowledge about the work being done on these issues across SUNY institutions. Many SUNY faculty also would like training and support to engage effectively in policy-making. SUNY and Migration Policy-Making will bring together scholarship on migration with expertise from inside and outside the academy on migration policy-making, building collaborative research possibilities, connecting SUNY researchers with policy opportunities, and training SUNY faculty how to better communicate their knowledge to benefit the broader New York state public.

Sponsored by: 

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Conversations in the Disciplines (CID) grant program
State University of New York (SUNY). ​
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College of Arts and Sciences, University at Albany and
Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany

Conference organizers

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Kate Coddington


​Nancy Hiemstra
Assistant Professor,
​Geography & Planning, University at Albany
Website: 
https://katecoddington.weebly.com/
Associate Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stony Brook University
Website: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/wgss/people/nancyhiemstra

Draft program

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8:00a-9:00a     Coffee and registration
9:00a-9:15a     Welcome
9:15-10:30a     Research concurrent session A 
10:30-10:45a   Break
10:45-12:00p   Research concurrent session B 
12:00-1:00p     Lunch
1:00-1:30p       Remarks: SUNY expertise in policy-making
1:30-2:20p         NGO panel
2:30-3:20p       Policy-making panel
3:20-3:40p       Break
3:45-4:45p       Concurrent skills workshops
·       Writing white papers and policy briefs for lawmakers 
·       Pedagogy and policy-making 
·       Writing Op-Eds  
·       Speaking / testifying to committees
·       Talking to the media
·       Community engagement
4:45-5:15p       Closing remarks
 
*Note that this is subject to change depending on enrollment
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