March 10, 2017

MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati will be speaking at a one-day symposium called "Moving Forward: Empowering our Communities," hosted by the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) at Occidental College. The symposium will explore policies, practices and actions on immigrant communities in higher education.

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Panel 2 – Focus on advocacy for Immigrant communities

Moderator: Rosie Arroyo, Program Officer for Immigrant Integration & Early Childhood Education, California Community Fund

Panelists:

-Angelica Salas, Executive Director CHIRLA

-Maria Blanco, Executive Director, Undocumented Legal Services Center at UC Davis School of Law

-Betty Hung, Policy Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-L.A.

-Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council

-Pedro Trujillo, Senior Organizer, California Dream Network