Citation: Migration and Society: Advances in Research 4 (2021): 16-18 © The Authors doi:10.3167/arms.2021.040103 Download the pdf Abstract: In 2018, the New School Working Group on Expanded Sanctuary collaboratively organized a series of workshops in New York to reflect on the question of sanctuary as a conceptual and practical starting point for cross-coalitional politics, including …
Author: Alexandra Délano Alonso Citation: Migration and Society: Advances in Research 4 (2021): 84–98 © The Authors doi:10.3167/arms.2021.040109 Download the pdf Abstract: While current interpretations of sanctuary are most often associated with practices to protect, support, and accompany migrants with precarious status in countries of destination in the Global North, debates around the concept …
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Expanded Sanctuary is part of a series of events that explore the possibilities of sanctuary – as ideal, as theory, as practice, as historical proposition, as a vision of social justice for the present. Facilitated by the Zolberg Institute Working Group on Expanding Sanctuary and co-sponsored by The New School’s interdisciplinary programs in Global Studies, Urban Studies, and Environmental Studies, Department of …
Miriam Ticktin is the Chair of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research, and recently published an op-ed on women’s rights and the sanctuary movement in Truth Out. Check it out here!
Abou Farman is an artist and anthropologist teaching at the New School for Social Research. His latest piece, “In Defense of Sanctuary”, was recently published in The Baffler. Check it out here.
Are Sanctuary Cities in Danger? A Feet in 2 Worlds Podcast “Sanctuary” communities are under attack from the White House. Under an executive order issued on January 25th, the Federal government declares that it will “to the extent consistent with law” and public safety withhold Federal grants to cities, towns, counties and states that protect undocumented …
Check this new resource from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, an analysis of county-wide voluntary assistance with deportations across the US.
The call, from a coalition of individuals and groups working alongside the official New Sanctuary Coalition NYC, is for a graphic design that would convincingly convey the principles and politics of the Sanctuary project to all. The design (to be used on pins, stickers, posters, etc.) will be posted by organizations, institutions or individuals that want to demonstrate their support for …
Check the Educators for Fair Consideration’s 2016-2017 Scholarship Materials. Now, more than ever, it is important for immigrant students to know that— regardless of their immigration status—they are eligible for many scholarships! This year, E4FC has added 90 new scholarships to the undergraduate and graduate scholarship databases. Over 80% of these scholarships are open to students regardless of …
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Check the American Council on Education briefing on DACA Students, “Sanctuary Campuses, ” and Institutional or Community Assistance.
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