Migration Services in Chicago: A Kiphart Challenge
Join us to hear presentations from students in our experiential learning course taught by Associate Instructional Professor Jessica H. Darrow. These students have partnered with community-based organizations (CBOs) with the goal of learning from and supporting the work of serving newcomers who have migrated to Chicago after crossing the Southern U.S. border.
Presentations will describe the collaborative process and the resulting proposals. A panel of judges will award one collaboration with a $1,000 donation for the CBO partner, and two collaborations with $500 awards.
Beatriz Ponce de León is the Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights for the City of Chicago. With over 30 years of experience, she has created policies and programs that promote equity and racial justice. Beatriz has held leadership roles at the Chicago Public Schools, The Chicago Community Trust, and the Illinois Department of Human Services, advocating for immigrant rights, education equity, and community development.
She holds a BA in Sociology from Yale University and has served on several boards, including as an elected Local School Council member.
Robert J. Chaskin is the McCormick Foundation Professor at the University of Chicago in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, where he holds the UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Urbanism. He also serves as Faculty Director of the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development. His research focuses on community organizing, development, philanthropy, and social change. He teaches courses on social policy, community development, and community change strategies.
Chiara Galli is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on Latin American migration to the U.S., including her award-winning book Precarious Protections: Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the United States (2023). She is currently conducting two major studies: one on the treatment of unaccompanied minors in U.S. immigration courts, and another on the reception of Venezuelan asylum-seekers bussed from the border to Chicago.
Chiara holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA.
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We thank our community partners at Multicultural Arts High School, Southwest Organizing Project, and Not Me We.
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