Is America still an immigration nation?
| November 17, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Venue: Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington Avenue Branch, 150 East 86th Street, New York NY 10028, USA
Tickets: This event is free and open to the public. For further information please email Jean: nysaloninfo@yahoo.com
The NY Salon has partnered with The Battle of Ideas, organizing two key events in NYC in November as part of an international series of Satellite events that spans Europe, India and the US. The two events go to the heart of the matter in America and we would very much like to have you participate.
For more information see the event leaflet.
As the temperature rises in the immigration debate, what should our vision be for American society? Is there a moral case to welcome immigrants?
Speakers: Donna Lieberman, executive director, NYCLU Jason Riley, member, editorial board, Wall Street Journal; author, Let Them In: the case for open borders Dr Alex Standish, assistant professor of geography, Western Connecticut State University; author, The Politics of Geography: approaches to teaching global issues in the twenty-first century Gary Younge, columnist, Guardian; author, Who Are We: and should it matter in the 21st century?
Moderator: Jean Smith, co-founder and director, NY Salon
What does the controversy over the Park 51 ‘Ground Zero mosque’ say about contemporary America? Have Americans become too tolerant, or not tolerant enough?
