The Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Immigrant Children and Families: What Philanthropists and Advocates Can Do

In addition to highlighting the Coronavirus’s disproportionate impact on immigrant children, we will discuss federal legislation to address the needs of immigrant families; key services and assistance that local and state organizations are providing to immigrant families; the critical role that philanthropy plays in supporting positive outcomes for immigrant families; and concrete actions that advocates can take to improve policies for immigrant children and families.

The goals are:

• Highlight the disproportionate impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on immigrant children and families
• Highlight state and community efforts to address the needs of immigrant children and families
• Discuss the key role that philanthropy plays in addressing inequitable access to Coronavirus relief services and resources for immigrant children
• Promote actions state allies can take in their states and with their Congressional delegations to combat inequitable treatment and poor outcomes of immigrant children and families  

Our speakers will include:

• Wendy Cervantes, Director of Immigration and Immigrant Families, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) 
•  Denise Dell Isola and Ausannette Garcia-Goyette, Irving Harris Foundation
• Rebecca Vonderlack Navarro, PhD, and Jose Marco, Latino Policy Forum
• Yael Ross, Director, Center for New American Children, Children at Risk (Texas)  

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