Join us for a follow-up conversation on how policies, displacement, and community response have shifted in 2025. Together, we’ll reflect on what has changed since January, what has been unexpected or impactful, and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.

This event will also explore how allies from all backgrounds can offer meaningful, sustained support. Whether you are directly affected or standing in solidarity, this is a space for reflection, connection, and collective action.

• Sheila Vélez Martínez, Jack and Lovell Olender Professor of Asylum, Refugee and Immigration Law/Pitt
• Mónica Méndez, Director of Programs, Latino Community Center
• Nathan Harper, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Manager, City of Pittsburgh
• Michael Goodhart, Professor, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
• Jaime Martinez, Community Defense Organizer, Casa San José
• Moderator: Scott Morgenstern, Professor, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

To register: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/content/clas-event-registration. This will be a hybrid event.

The Zoom link will be provided to registered online participants at a later date.

For in-person participants, refreshments will be provided.

Sponsors: The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), the Center for Ethnic Studies Research (CESR), the Global Studies Center (GSC) at the University of Pittsburgh, the Latin American Cultural Center (LACC), and the Center for Applied Research on Targeted Violence (Pitt/CMU).