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Building One Community's 8th Annual Colloquium

Thank you for joining us

Thank you to all who attended our intellectual discussion around the topic of:

"Immigration: The Overlooked Driver of Economic Growth"

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

5:30 - 7:00 PM
Cocktails, Hors D’oeuvres & Silent Auction

7:00 - 8:30 PM
Fireside Chat and Q&A

NEW Venue: The Village
4 Star Point, Stamford, CT 06902

Reserve your seats now. Seating is limited.

R.S.V.P. by August 31, 2023

Our Panelists

Carlos Alvarez

Carlos Alvarez, is a local entrepreneur and first-generation immigrant from Guatemala who moved to Connecticut at 11 years old. From a young age, he had strong ambition and a mind for business, starting his first lawn-mowing business at 18. Now, he owns four companies in new home builders, landscape maintenance, landscape supply, and stone supply.

Tamu Lucero

Tamu Lucero, Ph.D., is the Superintendent of Stamford Public Schools, where students and families speak more than 75 languages at home. During her 25-year career as a teacher and administrator, she has worked diligently to improve public education and sees the potential in every child. She believes education is a global initiative requiring an alliance among all communities to elicit effective and efficient reform.

David Dyssegaard Kallick

David Dyssegaard Kallick, is the Director of Immigration Research Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. He is the author of numerous studies of the economic and fiscal aspects of immigration at the national, state, metro area, and local levels, with a particular focus on the regions of New York State.

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Muzaffar Chishti, is a Migration Policy Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the MPI office at New York University School of Law and will moderate our discussion. His work focuses on U.S. immigration policy at the federal, state, and local levels, including the intersection of labor and immigration law, immigration enforcement, civil liberties, and immigrant integration.

Thank you for joining this special event which served as an opportunity to discuss and revel in the power of our immigrant population as drivers of economic growth on a local and national scale. A recording of the program will be available soon.

We had a chance to connect with one another through our shared interest in advancing the successful integration of immigrants and their families as they make Connecticut their home.

For more information contact [email protected] or call 203-674-8585 ext. 105.

2023 Colloquium Save the Date logo

With sincere thanks to our sponsors

Diamond

Ellen Williams & Andrew Schultz

Platinum

Sarita & Gregory Hanley

Maryann Kann

Bruce & Linda Koe

Ann Mandel

Gold

Susan & William Adamsen 

Holm & O'Hara

Andrew Schau & Madeline Turci

Anthony Simari & Ivonne Zucco

Stamford Health 

Jose Luis & Sarah Zepeda

Silver

Aldo & Amy Cabrera

David & Andrea Cohen

Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut

Belle Horwitz & Jon Weiner

M&T Bank

Jill & Miguel Patricio

Everett & Sally Schenk

Chrome

Sonia Alcantarilla-Medina & Marcelo Gigliani

Anka Badurina & Roberto Sobrino

Connecticut Institute of Refugees and Immigrants

Cove Point Properties

Eastern Land Management (ELM)

Talay Hafiz

The Inisfad Foundation

Mary Maarbjerg

Caroline & Anthony Murray

Cathy & Rich Ostuw

Mary Sommer & Jay Sandak

Stamford Bank and Trust

The Hon. Terrie & Jay Wood

Building One Community is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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