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Law & Story: Reframing the National Conversation about Immigration

Location - HMB Brewing Co, 390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay

Join us for a discussion about our laws and narratives, the way we interpret them, and how they are key to framing our understanding of ourselves and our communities.

Moderators

Lenny Mendonca is the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School.

Speakers

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Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA.

A committed pastor, nationally recognized immigration leader, and a sought after speaker, Vásquez-Levy leads at the intersection of faith, higher education, and social change. Vásquez-Levy regularly contributes a faith perspective to the national conversation on immigration and is the author of various publications that explore migration stories in sacred texts and in people's lives.

 

Belinda Hernandez Arriaga, EdD, LCSW, and founder of ALAS Ayudando Latinos A Soñar.

Belinda co-founded and is part of the Latino Advisory Council in Half Moon Bay. Belinda has done extensive work on the coast working with farmworker families and their children.