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DESCRIPTION:Peace Action of San Mateo County will present Colin Rajah of the National 
 Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, to speak on the connections - or 
 what Rajah calls the "intersectionalities" - between the current 
 immigration crisis in the U.S. and the free trade policies, implemented by 
 the U.S. and the first world, and how the latter exacerbates the 
 former.\n\nIt has been widely acknowledged that the neoliberal trade agenda 
 globally has been responsible for mass displacement of communities in the 
 Global South due to its multi-pronged strategies of privatization of the 
 public sector, slashing of subsidies for local industries, exposing local 
 markets to cheap products and services from the Global North etc.  However, 
 there has been a dearth of attention paid towards the actual intrinsic 
 nature of trade and migration policies, as part of a larger covert foreign 
 policy agenda being espoused by the Global North (the U.S. and the E.U. in 
 particular) for the dual purposes of controlling global markets and the 
 flow of labor. On Thursday, June 14, Colin Rajah will lead an exploration 
 into the cause and effect of these circumstances, and help us give voice to 
 a call for reconsideration of the trade policies that drive immigrants to 
 the U.S. in search of a better life.\n\nThe National Network for Immigrant 
 and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) was founded in 1986 by diverse immigrant 
 community leaders seeking an ongoing space and vehicle for communication 
 among community organizations fighting for immigrant rights across the U.S. 
 NNIRR is currently a national organization composed of local coalitions and 
 immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor 
 organizations and activists. \n\nColin Rajah is Director for the 
 International Migrant Rights and Global Justice Program at the National 
 Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR), which is a U.S. network 
 of immigrant community organizations and advocates.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/24/18420555.php
SUMMARY:The Intersectionalities of Trade and Migration Policies
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94402\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/24/18420555.php
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