Registration

NIIC Foyer

Ballroom C

New American Youth Leadership Summit (More Details)

Youth Invite to NAYLC Youth Summit on Sunday October 3rd! We invite your youth leaders to join us for the first-ever youth-led New American Youth Leadership Council Summit in-person on Sunday, October 3rd at 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM prior to the NIIC kick-off! At the summit, immigrant and refugee youth from across the country will present a dynamic and engaging program on youth leadership development, skill-building, and knowledge sharing for an audience of immigrant and refugee youth of color. The sessions will focus on base building and organizing principles, higher education, career preparedness, and a deep dive into movement building. Join us to hear from and support rising leaders in our movements and communities! If you are interested in having your youth leaders attend the NAYLC Summit, please reach out to Melissa Holguin Pineda at [email protected].

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Ballroom G

Black NIIC -- Invitation Only (More Details)

We are pleased to invite you and hundreds of other Black Diaspoic immigrant rights and racial justice leaders to join NIIC’s national partner Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) and regional/local partner Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) and leaders of local and national Black immigrant organizations for three days of engaging conversations and strategic planning October 3 - 5, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In these critical times for our communities, we are taking up space as Black Diasporic organizers and advocates at this year’s NIIC, including our own Black NIIC, and we hope you will join us!

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North Garden Patio

NIIC Welcome Reception

Ballroom B

"America's Family" Advance Screening (More Details)

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

TBA

NIIC Foyer

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

NIC Welcome & Kick Off - Leaving No One Behind: Our Vision for Immigrant Inclusion

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Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

Haitian Refugee Crisis: How We Got Here and the Path Forward

Haiti’s overlapping environmental, socioeconomic and political crisis of the last decade has led to the displacement of 100,000 of Haitians throughout the Western Hemisphere. The horrific scenes in Del Rio, Texas are emblematic of an outdated immigration system that does not reflect or honor the needs of those seeking refuge in our country. Haitian refugees and Black immigrants have long faced racial bias in the asylum process and immigration enforcement.

We will have a conversation on what led us to this moment and how lawyers, advocates, policymakers and elected officials address the newly arrived Haitian migrants.

Moderator:

• Krystina Francois, Executive Director, Office of New Americans of Miami-Dade, FL

Speakers:

• Guerline Jozef, Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance
• Tessa Painson, Co-Executive Director, Florida Immigrant Coalition
• Vanessa Joseph, Esq., Supervising Attorney Catholic Legal Services of Miami
• Jean-Homer Lauture, Organizing Director, Unite Here Local 100 NY
• Ronald Claude, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Black Alliance for Just Immigration

Pavillion 9

Access to Justice - Centering Racial Justice in Cross-Cutting Campaigns in the Criminal Legal & Immigration Systems

Pavillion 10

Full Citizenship for All - The Power of the Immigrant Vote: Lessons from 2020 & Strategies for 2022

Pavillion 11

Global Migration - Climate Induced Migration & Displacement

Ballroom G

Healthcare for All - Expanding Immigrant Access to HealthCare: Updates from Around the Country

Ballroom C

Nation of Refuge - Reconstructing Refuge, Asylum & Other Humanitarian Protections and Successful Strategies

Ballroom F

Using Narrative to Win - Messaging & Narrative Research Round Robin Workshop

Ballroom E

Shared Prosperity - Innovative Solutions to Workforce Barriers: Find a Path to Equitable Recovery

Ballroom B

Solidarity in Action - Building our Bench: Cultivating the Leadership for our Movements with Solidarity in the Lead

Ballroom D

Welcoming & Inclusive Society - Immigrant Integration through AmeriCorps Service and Funding

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

You're Welcome, Signed Immigrants: Building a Resilient & Responsive Democracy

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Pavillion 9

Full Citizenship for All - A Candid Discussion about the Fight to Secure a Path to Citizenship for All

Pavillion 10

Healthcare for All - Lessons Learned from Covid-19 & Maintaining Grassroots Momentum to Build a More Inclusive Healthcare System

Pavillion 11

Welcoming & Inclusive Society - From Crisis to Opportunity -- Buillding Welcoming Communities

Ballroom G

Special Session - How to Humanize, Not Criminalize: Messaging & Policy at the Intersection of Detention, Deportation & the Criminal-Legal System

Ballroom C

Special Session - Census & Redistricting: Redrawing the Boundaries for a Multiracial America

TBA

Solidarity in Action - Building Power in Solidarity: Black - AAPI Solidarity & Lessons for Our Movements

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

Redistricting efforts are underway across the country and the stakes are high for communities of color. This once in a decade process, informed by the census, ensures accurate representation and the full civic engagement of API, Black, and Latinx communities. From local city council district mapping to reapportionment of Congressional House and Senate districts, redistricting presents the opportunity to examine how notions of race and ethnicity come into play as lines are drawn. Panelists will share a brief analysis of the data coming out of the 2020 census and share strategies on how to engage in the redistricting process of accurately representing communities across the U.S.

Moderator:

• Petra Falcon, Executive Director, Promise AZ

Speakers:

• Rahmo Abdi, Community Organizer, Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, San Diego
• Maria del Carmen Gutiérrez, Director of Membership, CASA
• Noe Orosco, Census and Redistricting Coordinator, SIlver State Voices
• Tom K. Wong, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Center, University of California, San Diego

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

Even as recognition grows nationwide that the system of policing, courts, and incarceration is infected by racism at the structural level, this same system remains the primary pipeline to detention and deportation. What do advocates working on other immigrant rights issues need to know about how the entanglement of these systems affects our communities? How can we advance and effectively communicate about inclusive policy approaches? What are harmful frames related to this topic should we rethink? Join this workshop for background information and context on the criminalization of immigrants, as well as key messaging recommendations based on public opinion research. It will include an opportunity for small group interaction. This session will be led by Comm/Unity, a national network of immigrant rights communicators working to end the criminalization of immigrants. The network has developed resources for advocates and journalists, provided communications support to key campaigns, and conducted public opinion research.

Moderator:

• Jon Rodney, Immigrant Defense Project

Speakers:

• Salvador Sarmiento Campaign Director, National Day Laborer Organizing Network
• Arianna Rosales Senior Communications Manager, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
• Jane Shim, Senior Policy Attorney, Immigrant Defense Project

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

Plenary 3 - Our Shared Prosperity - A Two-Part Conversation

• Part 1: Critical Conversations - The Global Economy
• Part 2: A Just Economy for All

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North Garden Patio

Ballroom D

Group A - Naturalization Working Group

Registration

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

NIIC Foyer

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

Hear Our Story: API Communities Respond to Anti-Asian Racism

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Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

The political, social, and economic landscape for immigrants and refugees during the pandemic and a changing political arena is of key importance to funders, organizers, advocates and service providers. Come hear from a diverse panel of immigrant rights funders about what they are funding and why, what they are optimistic about, and what worries them. We will conclude with a robust discussion about the future of immigration rights and funding for 2022 and beyond.

Moderator:

• Marjorie Fine, Consultant

Speakers:

• Sheila Bapat, Senior Program Officer, Proteus Fund, RISE Together Fund
• Rebecca Carson, Director of Inclusion, Four Freedoms Fund
• Jonathan Jayes-Green,Vice President of Programs, Marguerite Casey Foundation
• Marissa Tirona, President, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

This session will expose the dangers posed by the modern anti-immigrant movement and highlight exciting new efforts to defeat them. This movement is manifested in an entire ecosystem of influential think tanks, litigating organizations, front groups purportedly representing progressive causes, a powerful media machine, and allied elected officials to undermine support for immigration reform while advancing anti-immigrant policies and inaccurate negative narratives about newcomers. Participants will learn about the origins and sources of support for this movement, as well as steps pro-immigrant advocates can take to diminish its effectiveness and reach.

Speakers:

• Hassan Ahmad, Immigration Attorney, HMA Law Firm
• Heidi Beirich, Co-Founder, The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
• Devin Burghart, President & Executive Director, Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights
• Lola Ibrahim, Executive Director, Migrant, Immigrant & Refugee Rights Alliance
• Mario H. Lopez, President, Hispanic Leadership Fund

Pavillion 9

Full Citizenship for All - Making Naturalization More Accessible through Partnerships & Proactive Promotion

Pavillion 10

Global Migration - Investing in the DeMilitarization of Border Communities & Building a Global Humanitarian Reception System for People Seeking Safety

Pavillion 11

Nation of Refuge - Re-envisioning Welcome: New Approaches to Serving Displaced Communities in the US

Ballroom G

Using Narrative to Win - Meeting the Moment: Campaigns that Show How Each of Us Can Break Past Narrative Sticking Points & Ramp up Effectiveness

Ballroom F

Shared Prosperity - Catalyst for an Inclusive Recovery: The Role of State & Local Governments in Long-Term Response

Ballroom C

Special Session - Funding for Immigration: What's Happening Now, What's on the Horizon

Ballroom D

Special Session - The Modern Anti-Immigrant Movement: The Scope of the Threat & What We Can Do About It

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

Solidarity in Focus: Healing Our Way Towards Belonging

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Pavillion 9

Access to Justice - The Movement for Public Investment in Immigration Legal Services: Successful Campaigns and New Budget Advocacy Tactics

Pavillion 10

Full Citizenship for All - Empowering New American Leaders and Shaking Up Politics as Usual

Pavillion 11

Nation of Refuge - Community Organizing and Building Collective Power with Refugee Leaders

Ballroom G

Shared Prosperity - Organizing Excluded Workers to Build Power & Rebuild Our Economy

Ballroom F

Using Narrative to Win - Building A Narrative Strategy For Immigrant Justice: Lessons from Year 1 of Race Forward’s Butterfly Lab

Ballroom E

Shared Prosperity - Organizing Excluded Workers to Build Power and Rebuild our Economy

Ballroom D

Solidarity in Action - Building Cross-Movement Intersectional Solidarity

Pavillion Ballroom: 123674

People on the Move - A Two-Part Conversation

• Part 1: Harnessing Welcome & Community Support for Our New Afghan Neighbors
• Part 2: People On the Move: A Global Tipping Point

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Lobby

The Power of a Union: Community Site Visit
Dinner and discussion at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas

One thing that all workers need is a good job -- a job that keeps us safe, pays enough to support our families, and allows us to work with dignity. Immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers are no different, but too few get the support they need to successfully integrate into the U.S. workforce. This gathering will focus on the steps workers are taking together to demand safe and fair workplaces, and the role of unions and allies in helping immigrant workers achieve their collective goals. Please join workers, unions and allies as we showcase successful recent campaigns, share lessons learned, and identify opportunities for collaboration in the long-term struggle for immigrant worker justice.

The Culinary Academy of Las Vegas (CALV) is the country’s leading nonprofit hospitality training institute offering 15 different programs in hospitality work, digital and employability skills training, and language instruction. Its mission is to train people for successful, family-sustaining careers in the Las Vegas hospitality industry. It works to reduce poverty and eliminate unemployment by providing vocational and job-readiness training to youth, adults, and displaced workers.

A bus will depart from the lobby of the Westgate Resort at 6PM on Tuesday, October 5 and return by 9:00PM. The program will run 6:30PM-8:30PM. Dinner will be served in a Covid-safe, socially distanced manner.

Participants are limited to 75, and you must register to attend. Sign up here today!

Lobby

Consulates in Action: In Conversation with the Mexican Consulate

Consulates play a vital role in supporting immigrant communities here and as a point of connection with their countries of origin. Join us for a visit to the Consulado de México en Las Vegas.

• Van departs the Westgate Main Entrance at 6pm and will return participants there by 8pm.
• A light meal will be served at the consulate.

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TBA

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Pavillion 11

Ready to Stay/Legal Services Capacity Building

As the possibility of a mass legalization program through reconciliation becomes a closer reality this year, please stay for the post-NIIC Ready to Stay Legal Services Gathering on Wednesday, October 6th from 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas.

This convening will bring community leaders, advocates, organizers, and legal practitioners to dive deeper into legal services strategies and legalization implementation preparedness. If you are already planning to attend the NIIC, please plan to fly out of Las Vegas on Wednesday in the afternoon to be able to attend this gathering.

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Pavillion 10

We Are All America Convening - Invitation Only

Zoom

AAPI Caucus** – [Virtual Convening]

This year’s National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC) will be held at a moment of coinciding crisis and recovery for the Asian American community. As we look toward the COVID-19 recovery, the Asian American community is grappling with the latest iteration of anti-Asian hate and violence, this time rooted in the pandemic. On the heels of last year’s convening, this year’s NIIC Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus will present an opportunity for us to build community as we jointly reflect and build upon our community’s experiences over the last year. Attendees can look forward to a panel conversation of Asian Americans leading the work for our immigrant population across the country. We are also planning to have workshops and smaller group interactions led by AAPI organizations, offering opportunities for attendees to hear from the experts on the ground in critical areas of work and offering opportunities to share experiences, discuss lessons learned in our community work, and answer the question, “Where do we go from here?”

To register for the API Caucus, please fill out this form.

For more information, please contact: [email protected].