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Today's Event! What To The Refugee Is The 4th Of July: A Virtual Long Table
The zoom link will be sent to you as soon as you register. Looking forward
to seeing you at The Long Table today. Please email clee40@monroecc.edu if you have questions
or trouble logging on.
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Registration Is Open! What To The Refugee Is The 4th Of July: A Virtual Long
Table
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 from 12 - 2 pm.
All students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://monroecommunity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMoc-qhpj8rGdO5pn
Kf9xn2fyln-m_SvHgI
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
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This 2-hour virtual event is an interactive interrogation of the state of
the U.S. Immigration system and policies as well as the plight of the
immigrant. Especially immigrants who because of their race, class, religion or
country of origin are considered undesirables or "others." Using historical and
contemporary provocations, some attendees will participate in a dinner-like
conversation about the state of immigration today and others will nonverbally,
observe as witnesses.
Long Tables are performative devices that facilitate authentic
conversations about difficult issues or topics. When the Long Table event
begins - the virtual table will be composed of 8 people, with all other
attendees considered nonverbal audience. The audience members will have
opportunities to "sit" at the table and contribute to the conversation -
switching places with those who are "seated."
Other recommended resources to watch in preparation for the Long
Table:
• "Our immigration conversation is broken - here's how to have a
better one," by Paul Kramer - from TED Salon: Border Stories, November 2019.
(16:31 minutes)
https://tinyurl.com/PaulKramerTedTa
lk
• "3 questions to ask yourself about U.S. citizenship," by Jose
Antonio Vargas, TED2020 (8:48 minutes)
https://tinyurl.com/Jo
seAntonioVargasTED3Questions
https://www.reuters.com/arti
cle/us-usa-immigration-refugees/trump-plans-to-slash-refugee-admissions-to-new-l
ow-idUSKBN26M4QO
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/
913398383/whistleblower-alleges-medical-neglect-questionable-hysterectomies-of-i
ce-detaine
https://www.usglc.org/coronav
irus/refugees/
Long Table conversation provocations (recited/played at virtual
event):
• "What to the Slave is the 4th of July," a speech by Frederick
Douglass
https://tinyurl.com/Whattotheslaveisthe4thofJuly (text)
• "Home," a written and recited by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire
https://www.facinghistory.org/standing-up-hatred-intolerance/warsan-shire-home
(text)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9D92Xiygo (video)
Lee, Christina
Global Education & International Services
10/06/2020