2019 Open Borders Conference Program

2019 Open Borders Conference
The New School, Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street, New York, NY  10011
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Program:
(Click for complete list of speakers and pdf version of the program.)

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Check-in / Coffee (Room I-202)

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Introduction (Room I-202)

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Session 1

• #AbolishICE: A Framework Toward Abolishing Borders (Room I-202)
• The Practice of Sanctuary and the Right to Migrate (CLE Presentation) (Room I-203)
• Roundtable Discussion 1 (10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m., University Center, Room U-622)
• From the Rio Grande to the Courtroom: The Layered Embodiment of the Contemporary U.S. Border – Workshop (11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., University Center, Room U-622)

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch and Author Corner (lunch will be provided) (Room I-202)

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Satsuki Ina, Keynote Speaker (Room I-202)

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Session 2

• Citizenship, Democracy, and Open Borders (Room I-202)
• Climate Change and Open Borders (Room I-203)
• Roundtable Discussion 2 (2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m., University Center, Room U-622)
• Theatre of the Oppressed – Workshop (2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., University Center, Room U-622)

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Break

3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. – Michael Huemer, Keynote Speaker (Room I-202)

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Healing as a Basic Human Right: Self-Care for Activists – Workshop (Room I-202)

5:30 p.m. – Conference close

Throughout the day, check out “A Museum of Quick Roots: With the Future on Our Backs,” an exhibition presented by Mauricio Higuera.