2017 Schedule

NIIC runs from mid-day Sunday December 10 through the end of the day Tuesday December 12 at the Phoenix Convention Center, West Building. 

Plenaries   Tracks   Convenings
TIME SESSION INVITATION ONLY? DETAILS ROOM ASSSIGNMENT
SATURDAY DEC 9
6AM-7PM US-MEXICO BORDER TRIP INVITATION ONLY Hosted by Promise Arizona INVITATION ONLY
9AM-5PM WE ARE ALL AMERIA ORGANIZING TRAINING INVITATION ONLY Hosted by NPNA INVITATION ONLY
1PM-6PM MPI NETWORK MEETING INVITATION ONLY Hosted by Migration Policy Institute OFFSITE:
Renaissance Hotel
1:30PM-5PM TRANSATLANTIC MIGRANT DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE INVITATION ONLY Hosted by NPNA INVITATION ONLY
SUNDAY DEC 10
8:00AM-1:30AM WE ARE ALL AMERICA ORGANIZING TRAINING INVITATION ONLY Hosted by NPNA 106 B
9:00AM-1:30PM MPI NETWORK MEETING INVITATION ONLY Hosted by Migration Policy Institute OFFSITE:
Renaissance Hotel
10:30AM -7:00PM Registration Open 106 C
11AM-2:00PM SPECIAL SESSION:
DOJ BIA ACCREDITATION 		Authorized Non-Attorney Immigration Law Practice: The Tool You Need to Protect Your Community Now 106A
12:00PM-5:30PM NIIC Expo Open 211-213 / 301ABC Pre Function
12:00PM-1:15PM Affinity Group Caucus Naturalization Working Group 211 A
Affinity Group Caucus Jewish 211 B
Affinity Group Caucus Open Source: Organize one! 212 A
Affinity Group Caucus Open Source: Organize one! 212 B
Affinity Group Caucus Open Source: Organize one! 212 C
Affinity Group Caucus Open Source: Organize one! 213 A
Affinity Group Caucus Open Source: Organize one! 213 B
2:00-2:30PM MAINSTAGE: NIIC KICK-OFF & WELCOME & PERFORMANCE 301ABC
2:30PM-3:30PM MAINSTAGE: PLENARY 1
LESSONS FROM ARIZONA & THE SOUTHWEST 		301ABC
3:30PM-4:00PM COFFEE BREAK 301 ABC / Pre Function
4:00PM-5:15PM TRACK SESSION BLOCK 1
ADULT EDUCATION & WORKFORCE Celebrating More Responsive State and Local Policies for Adult Learners and Workers 213 B
BUSINESS & THE ECONOMY Mobilizing Business on State Immigration Policy 213 A
EDUCATION Immigrant Advocates Engaged in Education Policy-Making 212 C
FULL CITIZENSHIP The Naturalization Wave: Citizenship Campaigns in the Current Environment 211 A
GLOBAL MIGRATION From Resistance to Resilience -- Transformative National and Global Strategies in a Time of National Backlash 212 B
HEALTH Health Coverage for Immigrants 212 A
STATE & MUNICIPAL STRATEGIES Coalition Building & Cities' Coordinated Advocacy Efforts On Immigration 211 B
4:00PM-5:15PM SPECIAL SESSION:
Screening 		Screening for Immigration Forms of Relief: A Strategy to Respond to Increased Immigration Enforcement 106B
4:00PM-7:00PM SPECIAL SESSION:
Candidate Training 		New Waves of Leaders: Candidate Training 106 A
5:30 PM NIIC Expo Closes 211-213 / 301ABC Pre Function
5:30PM-6:30PM FlLM SCREENING Maine Girls Lecture Hall
5:30PM-6:30PM SPECIAL SESSION:
BORDERS 		Borders North and South 212 B
5:30PM-6:30PM SPECIAL EVENT: ENGLISH INNOVATIONS FALL GRAUDATION Hosted by Promise Arizona 101ABC
5:30PM-7:00PM Affinity Group Caucus
Asian Pacific American Civic Engagement 		Hosted by NAKASEC & AAAJ-AJC 211 A
7:00PM-8:00PM SPECIAL EVENT: TELEMUNDO TOWN HALL Hosted by Telemundo Lecture Hall
7:00 PM REGISTRATION CLOSES 106 C
8:00PM-10PM OFFSITE NAE/WELCOMING AMERICA RECEPTION INVITATION ONLY DO NOT LIST
MONDAY DEC 11
7:30AM-7:00PM NIIC Registration Open 106 C
7:30AM-9:00AM BREAKFAST 301 ABC
8:00AM-6:00PM NIIC Expo Open
8:30AM-10:00AM COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS: MAIN INVITATION ONLY Hosted by NPNA 101 A
9:00AM-10:30AM MAINSTAGE: PLENARY 2
BUILDING ALLIANCES IN DIFFICULT TIMES

 301ABC
10:45AM-12:00PM TRACK SESSION BLOCK 2
DREAM & TPS State of Play and the Path Forward for the Fight to Defend Temporary Protected Status 212 A
ECONOMIC JUSTICE Threats and Opportunities in the Age of Trump 212 B
FIGHTING HATE Organized Hate and Contemporary White Nationalism 211 A
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY & INCLUSION Financial Lives of Immigrants and Pathways to Inclusion: Lessons from Recent Research 212 C
FULL CITIZENSHIP Who is Voting, Who is Not, and Getting Them to the Polls 211 B
GLOBAL MIGRATION Climate Change Collides with People on the Move 106 A
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT Innovative Programming 213 B
WELCOMING COMMUNITIES What Works in Bridging Divides 106 B
10:45AM-12:00PM SPECIAL SESSION A Changed Political Landscape: Implications for Funders and Immigrant & Refugee Communities 213 A
11:00AM-12:00PM SPECIAL SESSION
 Consular Partnerships to Empower the Community 213 B
12:15PM-1:45PM MAINSTAGE: PLENARY 3 & LUNCH
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: A YEAR OF FIERCE RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY BRINGS US TO 2018
 301ABC
2:15PM-3:30PM TRACK SESSION BLOCK 3
ADULT EDUCATION & WORKFORCE Promoting Adult Education, Workforce Skills, and Civic Engagement Through Digital Learning 106 B
BUSINESS & THE ECONOMY Partnerships for Local Impact: The Chamber Role in Immigrant Integration 212 A
CRIMINALIZATION, DEPORTATION & DETENTION Local and State Resistance to the Deportation Machine in the Trump Era 211 B
EDUCATION English Learner (EL) Policy 101: Promoting EL Success 212 C
FULL CITIZENSHIP Taking Naturalization Service Delivery to the Next Level 211 A
GLOBAL MIGRATION Global Cities and the Rise of Nativism: Lessons Across Borders 212 B
HEALTH Mental Health Challenges in the Current Landscape: Understanding the Public Health Issues Affecting Immigrant Children and Identifying Practices for Serving this Population 213 A
3:30PM-4:00PM COFFEE BREAK 211-213 PRE FUNCTION
4:00PM-5:15PM TRACK SESSION 4
CRIMINALIZATION, DEPORTATION & DETENTION Worker Rights, Retaliation & Workplace Immigration Enforcement 213 A
ECONOMIC JUSTICE Defending and Expanding the Rights of Immigrant Workers Under Increased Immigration Enforcement 106 B
EDUCATION Responding to the Current Political Climate: Creating Safe Spaces in Schools and Promoting Opportunity for Unauthorized and DACA Youth 106 A
FIGHTING HATE Organized Hate Targeting Muslim, Refugee, Arab and South Asian Communities 211 A
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY & INCLUSION Integrating FInancial Capability into Broader Service Delivery in Immigrant Communities 213 B
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT Building Communtiy and Welcoming Refugees 212 B
STATE & MUNICIPAL STRATEGIES Defending Immigrant Communities 211 B
WELCOMING COMMUNITIES Understanding Cultural Anxieties Today and the Intersections with Immigration 212 A
5:30PM-7:00PM NIIC HAPPY HOUR Hosted by NIIC 212-213 PREFUNCTION
6:00 PM - 8:00PM COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS INVITATION ONLY Hosted by NPNA 101 A
6:00PM-8:30PM
YMCA RECEPTION 		INVITATION ONLY Hosted by YMCA Offsite
7:00 PM NIIC Expo Closes 211-213 / 301ABC Pre Function
8:00PM-10:00PM CELEBRATION/VIGIL OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Hosted by Promise Arizona Offsite: Promise Arizona Office
7:30 PM NIIC Registration Closes 106 C
TUESDAY DEC 12
7:30AM-5:30PM NIIC Registration Open 106 C
7:30AM-9:00AM BREAKFAST 301 ABC
7:30AM-8:30AM RESEARCHERS & ACADEMICS Researchers and Academics: Integration Agenda 212 A
8:00AM-5:00PM NIIC Expo Open 211-213 / 301ABC Pre Function
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS INVITATION ONLY Hosted by NPNA 101 A
8:30AM-10:00AM MAINSTAGE: PLENARY 4
GLOBAL MIGRATION AND THE RISE OF NATIONALISM 		301ABC
10:30AM-11:45AM TRACK SESSION 5
BUSINESS & THE ECONOMY DREAMers in Business 106 B
CRIMINALIZATON, DEPORTATION & DETENTION The Industry Behind Immigration Enforcement and Over Policing 213 B
DREAM & TPS State of Play and the Path Forward for the Fight for a Clean DREAM Act 211 A
FIGHTING HATE Organized Nativism Targeting Immigrant Communities 212 A
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY & INCLUSION Building Wealth Through Culturally Competant Approaches 212 C
FULL CITIZENSHIP Growing Immigrant, New American Candidates 211B
STATE & MUNICIPAL STRATEGIES State & Local Innnovations in Immigrant Integration Strategy 212 B
WELCOMING COMMUNITIES Diving Into Difficult Conversations 213 A
12:00PM-1:30PM LUNCH & PLENARY 5
THE WAY FORWARD

& PERFORMANCE 		301ABC
1:45PM-3:00PM TRACK SESSION BLOCK 6
ADULT EDUCATION & WORKFORCE Sustainability and Replicability of Programs for High-Skilled Immigrants 213 A
ECONOMIC JUSTICE Innovative Organizing to Win Economic Justice 212 B
FULL CITIZENSHIP Tech Tools for Immigrant Integration 211 A
HEALTH Conversations Around the Health Impact of Immigration Enforcement and Strategies for Overcoming Challenges 212 A
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT State & Local Advocacy 211 B
3:00PM COFFEE BREAK 301ABC
3:15PM-4:15PM MAINSTAGE: NIIC CLOSING & PERFORMANCE 301ABC
5:00 PM NIIC Expo Closes 211-213 / 301ABC Pre Function
5:30PM-8:30PM YMCA NEW AMERICAN WELCOME CENTER CONVENING Hosted by YMCA OFFSITE:
YMCA Location
5:30 PM NIIC Registration Closes 106 C
WEDNESDAY DEC 13
8:00AM-2:30PM YMCA NEW AMERICAN WELCOME CENTER CONVENING Hosted by YMCA OFFSITE:
YMCA Location
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