Urban citizenship in SF/NYC panel with government, community, and academic experts | W Oct. 21, 6-7:30pm

October 18, 2020

From: Els de Graauw, Associate Professor of Political Science 

This event on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6-7:30pm is a discussion about “urban citizenship” and efforts under way in San Francisco and New York City to expand democracy to immigrants in these cities. Among other things, we’ll talk about a ballot measure campaign (Prop C) under way in San Francisco to allow noncitizens to serve on city boards and commissions, a policy proposal before the NYC City Council to expand local voting rights to noncitizens, and immigrants’ participation in participatory budgeting in NYC.

Here is the Eventbrite registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-citizenship-expanding-democracy-to-immigrants-in-sf-and-nyc-tickets-123514570405

Participants:

• Kathleen Coll, Associate Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco
• Carlos Menchaca, NYC Council Member for District 38 & Chair of the Council’s Committee on Immigration
• Hong Mei Pang, Director of Advocacy at Chinese for Affirmative Action
• Sarah Souza, Prop C Campaign Co-Chair & President of the San Francisco Latino Democratic Club
• Els de Graauw, Associate Professor of Political Science at Baruch College (moderator)

This event is co-sponsored by the International Migration Studies program at the CUNY Graduate Center, the Migration Studies program at the University of San Francisco, and the Ph.D. Program in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Els de Graauw

Associate Professor of Political Science