The Fight for Equal Citizenship in the Dominican Republic

Join Law@theMargins Editor Chaumtoli Huq and a panel of Dominicans and Haitians activists on August 25 at 12:30 p.m. EDT for a discussion on how on the island and in the U.S. are organizing to stop unfair deportation and restore citizenship for thousands of Haitians in the DR.

Panelists include the Open Society’s Cassandre Theano, #RightsforALLinDR’s France Francois and Cynthia Carrion of NYC’s Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights.

Sign up at the Google+ event page  or like our Facebook page to receive regular updates about the event. Then return on August 25 at 12:30 p.m. EDT to listen to the panel and tweet your comments/questions. 

If you have any questions before or during the chat, leave them the event page on Google+ page or go to the right to tweet them directly to #lawatmargins.

 

 

ABOUT OUR PANELISTS

 cassandre100 Cassandre Theano is an associate legal officer for the Open Society Justice Initiative, based in the New York office, focusing on citizenship and equality.

Carrion100

 

Cynthia Carrion is the Deputy Director at the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, committed to expanding access to legal immigration services, participating in policy making and community organizing.

PicsFrance100France François is the Spokesperson for the Association of Haitian Professionals and the Co-Coordidinator of #Rights4ALLinDR.

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  • Hello; I watched the panel on Equal Citizenship yesterday via youtube (thank you… I thought it was EXCELLENT and very imformative) which showed that 12 people were watching; can you tell me how many people overall were watching it? I am writing some articles on the current situation, and involved in activism with We Are All Dominicans.
    Thank you!!!

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