Bringing the Border to Columbus | Borderlands in Columbus Roundtable and Fundraiser

Photograph of border wall along long, dirt road
April 13, 2021
12:30PM - 2:30PM
Zoom

Date Range
2021-04-13 12:30:00 2021-04-13 14:30:00 Bringing the Border to Columbus | Borderlands in Columbus Roundtable and Fundraiser Bringing the Border to Columbus Virtual SymposiumApril 12-16, 2021A conversation about the sanctuary movement and the impact of U.S.-Mexico border policies on our neighbors here in Columbus, Ohio. An open discussion will follow the presentations.Sydney Silverstein will screen one of her short ethnographic films made with a family living in sanctuary in a church in Columbus, OH. It discusses some of the challenges facing collaborative work with people living in precarious circumstances. Here, techniques of participatory collage were employed to protect the anonymity of the film’s subjects, while still grounding their story in the particulars of their experience.Jeremy Hollon will discuss the work that Community Refugee and Immigration Services does with immigrants in Columbus, OH, particularly secondary Latin American migrants coming into their programming through asylum cases.Jan Phillips will discuss the larger Sanctuary movement and the need for immigration reform, including DACA, help for people living in the shadows, workers’ rights, etc. and their intersectionality. Team Miriam and Team Edith will have a roundtable discussion about their experiences in sanctuary here in Columbus.PresentersEdith Espinal with Team Edith and Miriam Vargas with Team Miriam (Spanish-English Interpretation by Carrie Vereide)Sydney Silverstein, PhD | Assistant professor, Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addictions Research/Department of Population and Public Health Sciences— Wright State University-Boonshoft School of Medicine)Jeremy Hollon | Associate director of Community Partnerships, Community Refugee & Immigration Services*Introduction by Jan Phillips | Board Member of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus and Facilitator of the Racial and Immigration and Immigration Justice GroupAccessibilityIf you have questions or require an accommodation, such as live captioning or interpretation, to participate in these events, email Event Coordinator Melissa Rodriguez (rodriguez.796@osu.edu). Requests made two weeks before an individual event date will generally allow us to coordinate seamless access, but the university will make every attempt to meet requests made after this date. AcknowledgmentsThis event was funded by a grant from the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery theme. It is co-sponsored by the Latina/o Studies Program, Center for Folklore Studies, Urban Arts Space, Department of Sociology and Institute for Population Research. Zoom America/New_York public

Bringing the Border to Columbus Virtual Symposium
April 12-16, 2021

A conversation about the sanctuary movement and the impact of U.S.-Mexico border policies on our neighbors here in Columbus, Ohio. An open discussion will follow the presentations.

Sydney Silverstein will screen one of her short ethnographic films made with a family living in sanctuary in a church in Columbus, OH. It discusses some of the challenges facing collaborative work with people living in precarious circumstances. Here, techniques of participatory collage were employed to protect the anonymity of the film’s subjects, while still grounding their story in the particulars of their experience.

Jeremy Hollon will discuss the work that Community Refugee and Immigration Services does with immigrants in Columbus, OH, particularly secondary Latin American migrants coming into their programming through asylum cases.

Jan Phillips will discuss the larger Sanctuary movement and the need for immigration reform, including DACA, help for people living in the shadows, workers’ rights, etc. and their intersectionality. Team Miriam and Team Edith will have a roundtable discussion about their experiences in sanctuary here in Columbus.

Presenters

  • Edith Espinal with Team Edith and Miriam Vargas with Team Miriam (Spanish-English Interpretation by Carrie Vereide)
  • Sydney Silverstein, PhD | Assistant professor, Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addictions Research/Department of Population and Public Health Sciences— Wright State University-Boonshoft School of Medicine)
  • Jeremy Hollon | Associate director of Community Partnerships, Community Refugee & Immigration Services
  • *Introduction by Jan Phillips | Board Member of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus and Facilitator of the Racial and Immigration and Immigration Justice Group

Accessibility

If you have questions or require an accommodation, such as live captioning or interpretation, to participate in these events, email Event Coordinator Melissa Rodriguez (rodriguez.796@osu.edu). Requests made two weeks before an individual event date will generally allow us to coordinate seamless access, but the university will make every attempt to meet requests made after this date. 

Acknowledgments

This event was funded by a grant from the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery theme. It is co-sponsored by the Latina/o Studies Program, Center for Folklore Studies, Urban Arts Space, Department of Sociology and Institute for Population Research.