Migration and the Politics of Los Angeles

This session will discuss the impact of politics and other factors--advocacy, leadership, culture, organizations, demographics, geography, history and research--on migration and immigration in the United States. A special presentation will recognize leaders of local migration and immigration efforts as part of The Leavey Center's signature study, the Leadership Initiative.

Moderator: Fernando Guerra, Ph.D., Departments of Chicana/o Studies and Political Science, LMU
Stewart Kwoh, J.D., Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
David Ayon, Senior Research Associate, The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, LMU
Monica Lozano, Publisher and CEO, La Opinion

University Hall 1000
Ahmanson Auditorium