The Bay Agenda: Immigration & Human Rights

Join KALW for a conversation with local organizations focused on immigration advocacy to explore how they are adapting, taking action, empowering their community, and organizing in response to rapidly changing immigration policies.

Bring your concerns, questions, and hopes, connect with your neighbors and learn how you can get involved.

Panelists include:

Erica Hellerstein is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on global human rights issues. She has reported from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and across the United States, writing about politics, gender, labor, historical memory, and the ways geographies real and constructed shape popular opinion and culture. Before joining El Tímpano, Erica was a senior reporter with the international newsroom Coda Story covering the roots of global crises, from technology’s acceleration of authoritarianism to the use of historical revisionism to serve nationalist political agendas.

Eduardo Garcia is the Policy Director at the Latino Community Foundation, where he leads efforts to advance policy solutions that improve the lives of California’s Latino community. He plays a key role in implementing the Latino Power Fund, the Foundation’s initiative to strengthen Latino-led grassroots organizations and mobilize Latino leaders and voters for lasting civic and political change. Prior to joining the Foundation, Eduardo was a policy advocate in Washington, DC, with Generation Progress, where he developed national youth engagement programs and lobbied on key issues such as immigration, education, and economic security. He also led coalition-building and legislative strategy at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights to protect immigrant rights. Eduardo holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan, with a focus on immigration, workforce development, and human rights.

Ben Trefny joined KALW in 2004. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, he helped the news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. He also helped teach hundreds of audio producers, many of whom work with him at KALW, today.

There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. We're hosting this gathering to help inform the electorate.

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? 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
? Doors open at 6:00
?️ Program begins at 7:00
? Free snacks
? Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)
? The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want

Please note:

• The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
• We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
• Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
• If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

220 Montgomery St, 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, United States