Phoenix: Born of Ashes – Migration



MIGRATION
Issues/Discussion Points

☼ U.S./Mexico border policies
☼ Undocumented neighbors
☼ Domestic transplants/a first-generation city


Migration Track: Keynote Speakers

List of 3 items.

  • SHERIFF PAUL PENZONE | March 1, 2022

    In 2016, Sergeant Paul Penzone of the Phoenix Police Department won a resounding victory against Joe Arpaio to become sheriff of Maricopa County. Since then, Sheriff Penzone has been working hard to undo the damage of the Arpaio legacy and bring a greater sense of fairness to the justice system of Phoenix. He will be speaking to the changing political interests of Arizona voters that propelled his success, as well as his reform efforts in the Arizona Justice and Immigration systems.
  • EILEEN DIAZ-MCCONNELL | March 3, 2022

    Díaz-McConnell is a sociologist, a social demographer and a professor in the School of Transborder Studies at ASU. In 2020, ASU President Michael Crow appointed her as a President's Professor, in recognition of her excellence in teaching. Research interests include media representations of U.S. Latinx population growth; how nativity and legal status shape outcomes for Mexican and Central American immigrants in the U.S. and their families; and immigration and racial attitudes during the Trump presidency. She teaches courses on Latinx migration, social demography and how to carry out ethical and culturally competent research with and for Mexican and other Latinx communities.
  • DOUG BLAND | March 7, 2022

    Bland is one of the founders of Arizona Interfaith Power & Light (AZIPL) and has served as the executive director since 2009.  AZIPL mobilizes people of faith and conscience in Arizona to reduce the causes of the climate crisis through spiritual reflection, education, advocacy and action. Besides his interest in connecting spirituality and ecology, Doug is passionate about the art of storytelling. Doug will speak about the interconnectedness of Phoenix's environmental sustainability with migration, land and gentrification issues.