Immigration and the New South: Opportunities and Obstacles A Forum and Release of New Report from The Century Foundation

November 22, 2006

The changing demographics of the South present communities with a number of policy choices that impact everyone. “Immigration’s New Frontiers: Experiences from the Emerging Gateway States,” a new publication from The Century Foundation, addresses many of these issues through state case studies that include Georgia and North Carolina. Panelists, at the event decribed below, will discuss these opportunities and obstacles. Books will be available at the event. Chapters on Georgia and North Carolina are available to media in advance. Report authors and editors are available for interviews. Here are details about the forum on the new report:

What: Forum to mark the release of Immigration’s New Frontiers: Experiences from the Emerging Gateway States Cosponsored by The Century Foundation and the Department of Sociology, Georgia State University When: Thursday, November 30, 2006 , 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. here: Troy Moore, 9th Floor General Classroom Building Georgia State University Who: Charles Gallagher, Department of Sociology, Georgia State University; Jerry Gonzalez, executive director, the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials; Sam Zamarripa, served in the State Senate of Georgia for two terms, he is a Managing Partner of Heritage Capital Advisors; Stephanie Bohon Department of Sociology University of Tennessee (contributor); Paula McClain, department of political science Duke University (contributor); Tova Wang, Democracy Fellow, The Century Foundation (co-editor) Media Contact: Christy Hicks, hicks@tcf.org, (212) 452-7723 or (917) 544-2949 RSVP: Charles Gallagher, Department of Sociology, GSU, 404-651-1853.

The century Foundation website (http://www.tcf.org/) should soon have information about the report.