Leveraging Opportunities for Immigrant Integration In New York State – Campus Center, University at Albany, SUNY

About the Event

The Institute on Immigrant Integration Research & Policy is hosting its inaugural annual conference on immigrant integration on May 22, 2024. This conference, held at the University at Albany, brings together practitioners, policymakers, policy implementers, and researchers to explore opportunities for integrating immigrants in New York State, regardless of their length of stay or year of arrival. Key topics include the cost-benefits of immigrants' social, economic, and political integration, measuring immigrant integration, inclusive governance, and the implementation of promising models and evidence-based integration practices and policies.

The Conference features a keynote presentation and four consecutive sessions:

(a) Fair employment and workforce development;
(b) Health equity for New Americans;
(c) Access and quality of education for immigrant students; and
(d) Welcoming communities and the role of governance

The conference is convened with the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, and the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

Schedule

1:00 PM -1:30 PM

Introductions| Ballroom

1:20 PM - 1:30 PM

Special Welcoming Remarks | Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest

1:20 PM - 1:30 PM

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION|Assemblymember Catalina Cruz 

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Session A | Advancing Economic Integration: Equitable Employment and Workforce Development | Ballroom

Session B | Facilitating Health Equity and Meeting Needs of New Americans | Assembly Hall

Session C | Re-Envisioning Educational Access and Quality for Immigrant Students | Multipurpose Room

Session D | Welcoming Communities and the Role of Governance | Boardroom

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Break

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks| Ballroom