Immigration Panel Run Down for speakers and event organizers.
by Team LASO on 09/14/14
LASO Campus Event: Run Down. (A guide for speakers and event organizers.)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
1 – 2 pm Immigration Panel:
Dreamers, DACA, Immigration Reform and Tejas.
ACAD 126, Lone Star College-North Harris
www.LASOLSC.org
ACAD 126, Acadmic 126, holds 150 people in a lecture hall setting. There is a large screen in front of the room where we can show videos, Power Points, Presi’s, or websites.
The panelists will sit at 2 long tables on stage, facing the attendees.
Speakers will rise to the podium after they are introduced.
Please let us know if you will need to use the projector or the computer during your talk.
Notes on time. We will start on time. If we run over time, we will cut into the Q & A, for which we have allotted 10 minutes. We do not know if the room is in use after our event. We will proceed as if it is. However, if we do have extra time, we will strive to allot at least 10 minutes extra, and then encourage folks to continue the conversation in the hall, at the café, via social media, or via LASO meetings.
LASO members must pass around a sign up sheet to get a record of attendance, and to add new students to our email list. LASO must also have flyers out for our upcoming events, meetings. LASO members should promote our website and social media platforms to guests. We should have LASO members greeting and seating attendees as they enter, and asking them to sign in.
1pm – 1:05 pm Tony Diaz will introduce the event
1:05 – 1:06 Introduce Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz
1:06 – 1:21 * Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz, Esq., Immigration Lawyer, a partner at Monty & Ramirez LLP, columnist for SEMANA news.
1:21 – 1:22 Introduce Matteo Ojeda
1:22 – 1:30 * Protectors of the Dream, a nonprofit organization that helps DREAMERS with grants for DACA filing fees, legal representation, and more. Matteo Ojeda will provide an overview of how DREAMERS can apply for financial aid. Why DREAMERS MUST apply for financial aid, and why DREAMERS must come out of the shadows.
1:31 – 1:32 Introduce Wendy Ramirez
1:32 – 1:39 * University of Houston Downtown: UHD Next Step-Project 100. This student group is working to get 100 Dreamers into Medical School. Wendy Ramirez is President of the group. She will discuss the origins of her group, its role at UHD, and she will also tell you how DREAMERS are expanding their horizons by apply for Medical School. She will also tell us how we must work together to achieve the next step.
1:39 – 1:40 Introduce Kenneth Castillo and Agha Husian.
1:40 – 1:50 * Kenneth Castillo, a LSC-NH Dreamer tells his story, and lets others know why they must get involved. Also, Agha Huisan, President of ASAP, and a member of LASO, tells his story in order to remind others that the immigration issue touches other cultures, too.
Professor Tony Diaz returns to the podium, thanks guests, and moderates the Q & A.
1:50 – 2pm Q and A and open forum. We invite Lone Star College-NH Dreamers to share their stories and concerns.
Campus Map:
http://www.lonestar.edu/maps-nharris.htm
LSC-North Harris
2700 W.W. Thorne Drive
Houston, Texas 77073
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