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Life in the Time of ICE: Be Prepared

February 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

WEBINAR SERIES
LIFE IN THE TIME OF ICE
Be Prepared -Be an Advocate -Learn -Take Action

At a time when we see human rights being trampled upon, community care becomes a political act. Immigrant America is a living and dignified part of our community whose rights must be advocated for and protected. This year, we started a collaboration between El Merequetengue (network of Latin American landscape architects and designers), Illinois, New York Upstate, and Northern California ASLA chapters, TERREMOTO, TOPOPHYLA Landscape Architecture, and CROW landscapes, to learn about the rights of the immigrant community, build acknowledgment, share resources, and support each other in times of fear and uncertainty.

The collaboration quickly grew and flourished in the planning of a series of webinars called “Life in the time of ICE”. We turned our emotions (anger, frustration, insecurity, and desire to be proactive) into action. These webinars are a collective work formed in solidarity between a union of affiliate groups, ASLA regional chapters, and landscape architecture firms, all interested in knowing how to navigate the attacks on the immigrant community. The intention of the webinar series is to offer the landscape architecture community key information, resources, and opportunities to take action. The series includes four parts:

  1. Be prepared: General overview of what’s happening, your legal rights, trends,
    tactics, and how to create a workplace or individual plan.
  2. Be an advocate: Ways to build acknowledgment, do what you can do, and share experiences and resources.
  3. Learn: Know your rights with a lawyer from ACLU
  4. Take Action: Apply what you have learned, put knowledge into practice (role play session), and share experiences of how we have put everything into practice. The first webinar will be hosted by the New York Upstate ASLA Chapter on February 26th at noon (PST).
  5. Stay tuned for the registration links for the following webinars on our Instagram accounts! We invite you to join us, learn more about how to support the immigrant community, and continue the conversation.

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