Berkeley conference on immigration, COVID and climate displacement

 The Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative presents its Fall Symposium on Dec 7, 2021, in-person at the Institute on Governmental Studies Library in Moses Hall.

Symposium Overview 

Keynote – 2:30-3:00 PM 

Dania Matos, Vice-Chancellor, Equity and Inclusion

Irene Bloemraad, Faculty Director, Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

Ethan Roubenoff, PhD Candidate, Demography, UC Berkeley

Cultural Performance and Food- 3:00-3:30 PM 

In the Moses Hall courtyard

Panel 1: COVID and the Immigrant Services (3:30-4:00 PM)

This panel combines two important research areas being carried out by BIMI. Nina and Salome will speak about their award winning BIMI report on COVID-19 and impact on immigrants. Brisa and Luna will talk about health and legal immigrant services in the South California and Arizona. 
 
Brisa Rodriguez is an undergraduate research fellow at the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, working on the Mapping Spatial Inequality Project. Through her work with BIMI, Brisa’s objective is to increase the visibility and accessibility to resources for immigrant populations in the United States.

Luna Kohut is a current student at UC Berkeley double majoring in Global Studies and Sociology.  Luna is a BIMI Undergraduate Research Fellow (2020) and works on the Mapping Spatial Inequality Project.

Nina Narahari was a BIMI researcher who has graduated. She wrote an ACS award-winning BIMI report on COVID.

Salome Ragot was a BIMI researcher who has graduated. She wrote an ACS award-winning BIMI report on COVID.

Panel 2: Climate Displacement and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis (4:05-4:30 PM )

Panelists from BIMI and Amplifying Sanctuary voices discuss climate-related displacement, focusing on Rohingya Refugees from the Rakhine State of Myanmar. This project examines how the climate crisis interacts with and exacerbates existing drivers of displacement, centering the experiences of climate refugees. 

Dewi Zarni is a 4th year American Studies major. As an Undergraduate Research Fellow with BIMI, she has worked on the Mapping Spatial Inequality project and the Amplifying Sanctuary Voices Climate Displacement project. 
 
Matt Matusiewicz (’23) is a Public Health and French major and a Peter E. Haas Public Service Leader. He is also the co-coordinator of Amplifying Sanctuary Voices, a project from East Bay Sanctuary Covenant. 

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