In Person at the YU Museum, 15 West 16th Street, and on Zoom
General Admission (In Person and Online): $60
All Current Yeshiva University Students (In Person and Online): $10
Continental breakfast and a box lunch will be served. Dietary restrictions will be observed, all food served will be Kosher.
REGISTER
Registration for this event closes on Saturday, March 25th, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
This interdisciplinary program will explore the emotional journey of those involved in initiating and then securing political asylum rights in the United States. Political asylum is a form of legal protection which allows individuals to live in the United States when persecution at home has threatened life itself. The United States has offered political asylum to refugees since 1951.
The conference will begin with a panel of three asylum seekers who will share the terror of their experiences before and after their arrival here. Then you will learn about the psychological aspects of asylum from the lawyers, immigration judges, and psychologists who help pave the asylee’s way to legal protection. Finally, you will hear the story of a U.S. congressperson who came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant.
Our speakers will address the importance of social justice in asylum work and draw conclusions on how to contend with our bureaucracy in order to lessen some of the psychological pain of this life-changing process.
