[Antiracism] Immigration, the IMF and the War in Iraq: Why We Will Never Be Illegal

[Rene and Susan Theberge]

Western Mass Coalition for Immigrant and Workers’ Rights and SAGE  
present:



Trishala Deb of The Audre Lorde Project in Brooklyn, New York



Immigration, the IMF and the War in Iraq: Why We Will Never Be Illegal

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Edwards Church, Northampton 7PM



This is an interactive session which seeks to put the current  
immigration debate in the U.S. in the context of globalization and  
war profiteering. We ask

*why are some countries more poor than others?

*why do people immigrate to the United States?

*why is the U.S. in a war in Iraq?



We then examine information about structural adjustment, domestic  
immigration policy, and corporate war profiteering.



Finally, we look at case studies of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two  
Spirit, and Trans people of color in all of these intersections. We  
will discuss how transphobia, homophobia, and imperialism effect  
lives, communities, and choices.



We will use small groups, large group exercises, and large group  
discussion formats. We want participants to walk away understanding  
basic definitions of globlization, structural adjustment, current  
U.S. immigration policy, and war profiteering on the part of U.S.  
corporations. We will also emphasize that the current immigration  
policy debate can only be understood in the context of poverty and  
destabilization of the global south, and the military industrial  
goals of the US government and defense corporations. Finally, we will  
talk about how we seek to address these issues through a  
participation in a growing immigrant rights movement, which is  
connected to transnational anti-globalization organizing.



The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and  
Transgender People of Color center for community organizing, focusing  
on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and  
capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive  
social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across  
differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our  
various communities.

Trishala Deb has worked as a social worker and community organizer in  
North Carolina, Georgia and New York City.  Her work has focused on  
welfare rights, domestic violence, immigrant and refugee/women's/lgbt  
rights, and building progressive spaces within the South Asian  
community.  She is currently working for The Audre Lorde Project – a  
community organizing center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit,  
Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color in New York City. She  
is a steering committee member of the South Asian Lesbian Gay  
Association (SALGA),and a member of the Community Birthing Project –  
a collective of doulas of color.








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