Symposium Schedule
"GROWING UP UNDOCUMENTED IN AMERICA"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
All events will take place in the Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom, 10th floor.
8:30 a.m. • Registration and Refreshments
9:00 a.m. • Featured Speaker
Howard Davidson
ABA Center on Children and the Law
10:00 a.m. • Break
10:15 a.m. • Morning Panel
"The Access of Undocumented Minors to Basic Rights"
Maria Woltjen
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
Alie Kabba
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
United African Organization
Julie Sollinger
Cook County Public Guardian
Yali Lincroft
American Humane Association’s Migration and Child Welfare National Network
12:00 p.m. • Lunch Panel
"Youth Voices: What is it like to grow up undocumented in the United States?"
Young adults discuss their own experience of how being undocumented has affected their lives thus far.
1:00 pm • Break
1:15 p.m. • Afternoon Panel
The Detaining and Deportation of Minors
Alexandra Fung,
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Sioban Albiol
DePaul University College of Law
Elizabeth Frankel
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
Rigo Padilla