April 27, 2009
CASA Latina
12:00 p.m.
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12:50 p.m.
Location: Room C5
Presented by the Access to Justice Institute and the Seattle University Anti-Sweatshop Committee.
CASA LATINA (Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos) is a community-based organization located in Seattle, Washington that empowers Latino immigrants through educational and employment opportunities. Since 2006's record-setting march on May Day, the situation for immigrants in the United States - documented and undocumented - has changed for the worse. Organizations like CASA LATINA in Seattle confront the immediate impact of anti-immigrant legislation and racist profiling and work to find local solutions even as we call for federal immigration reform.
Come learn about the current challenges immigrant workers in Seattle face and hear from three organizers from CASA Latina: Araceli Hernandez, Chris Benoit, and Arielle Rosenberg.
You will also have the opportunity to learn more about the Seattle University Anti-Sweatshop Committee as well as the Seattle University Living Wage Committee. Both Committees are campus-wide and both are committed to ensuring that Seattle University lives out an anti-labor exploitation mission.
This event Kicks Off "Anti-Labor Exploitation Week" at Seattle University. "Anti-Labor Exploitation Week" is sponsored by a wide coalition of campus based organizations including Student Activities, Athletics, School of Law, Society of Feminists, Bridge Club, and Campus Ministry.
Refreshments will be provided.
This program is the final Social Justice Mondays event of the semester. For more information, please contact James Tan at tanj@seattleu.edu.