You are cordially invited to the third annual Baltimore Immigration Summit: "Building Bridges"         

       Friday, November 17th, 2006

Schedule

8:30      Registration

9:00      Opening Remarks

9:30      Plenary Panel: "Building Bridges: Community, Legislation, and
            Immigration"
                   Speakers include:
                   Luis Borunda, Maryland's Deputy Secretary of State
                   Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, Maryland State Delegate
                   Additional speaker(s) to be announced...

10:45     Breakout Session I
              Attendees choose one of the following to attend:
                  Immigrant Health Care: New Models and Challenges in the City of  Baltimore
                  
                        A New Paradigm: How Can We Better Understand Domestic       
                        Violence in Communities Marginalized by Race, Class, Gender,
                        Nationality, and Immigration Status?

                        Baltimore's Asian Immigrant Communities

                        Building Bridges with Intercultural Communication at UMBC
          
                        Immigrant Worker or 'Guest'?: American Citizen or Consuming Machine?

12:00    Lunch - Boxed lunches will be provided.

1:00      Keynote Address: 
            "Building Power in Immigrant Communities for Social Change"
            Speaker: Juan Carlos Ruiz, President, National Community
                          Capacity Consultants            

2:15      Breakout Session II
             Attendees choose one of the following to attend:
                             Building Bridges to Healthy Living: Addressing Mental Health Issues That Affect
                      Immigrants of Color
                             Building Bridges Through Religion

                      Bridges between the Americas: Latinos in Baltimore
                            Creative Alliance: Connecting Cultures through the Arts
                     New Americans in Baltimore: Negotiating the Local Labor and Housing Markets -                     a case study of the resettlement of Baltimore's Somali Bantu Community

3:30      Closing remarks and door prizes

4:00      Individuals may choose to stay and view the museum