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1:30-1:40   WELCOME: Cleveland Heights for Immigrant Rights, Jamie Hickner, Member, & Teach-In Coordinator, CH4IR

1:40-2:00   KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Reviewing a Year of Trump’s Immigration Policies, C Stonebraker Martinez, Co-Director, Interreligious Task Force on Central America and Colombia

2:00-3:00   LEGAL PANEL: Detentions, Deportations, & the Law, Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director, Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Immigration, Due Process, & Justice: Why Legal Representation is Key, Mike Corradini, Deputy Chief of Programs at Acacia Center for Justice

The Impacts of Federal Immigration Policies on Children & Families, Liliana Rivera Baiman, Coach & Trainer, Siembra, Defend & Recruit, & 614 ICE Watch, From Columbus, OH: Grassroots Strategies for Resisting ICE

3:00-3:20   SPECIAL GUEST: On Community, Solidarity, & Hope, Ayman Soliman, Ph.D, Islamic Chaplain, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Egyptian Asylee, & recent ICE detainee

3:20 – 4:05    ACTIVIST PANEL: How to Support & Protect Immigrants, Barbie Aguilar, Community Coordinator & Eliot J. Oreskovic, Project Administrator, Immigrant Priority Solidarity Project, Democratic Socialists of America/DSA-Cleveland
Grace Heffernan, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Worker Center
Jennie Kaffen, Volunteer Coordinator, AMIS
Sheila Keller, Member, Cleveland Heights for Immigrant Rights (CH4IR)
Suzanne Zilber, NEO Steering Committee, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)      

4:05-4:15    CLOSING REMARKS: Next Steps, Upcoming Events, & Volunteer Opportunitie

 Any questions? Email clvhts4immigrantrights@gmail.com

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Monday, January 26, 2026 - 1:30am

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