CBH Talks: Re-awakening the American Dream: Immigrants, Immigration, and Our Future

Date

February 11, 2021

Time

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Location

Virtual Event

As the Biden administration sets a new course for immigration, the Center for Brooklyn History and the New York Immigration Coalition present a conversation about the ideas underpinning our attitudes towards immigration, the policies and rhetoric of the last three decades, and the possibilities for a new future. Masha Gessen, author, activist, and winner of the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction, leads this discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar; immigration scholar and expert Mae M. Ngai who is Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University; and Anu Joshi, Vice President of Policy at the New York Immigration Coalition.