Events

We strive for a future where DU students, faculty, and staff work together with community organizations to make a difference in the lives of asylum-seekers, refugees, immigrants, and displaced people through research, advocacy, and allyship.

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The 2024 Presidential Election and the Future of U.S. Migration Policy

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

Moderated by CIPR Student Liaison Victoria Torres, a panel of experts including elected officials, immigration advocates, and migration scholars delved into the specifics of each candidate’s migration proposals and discuss the ramifications for Coloradans and Americans as a whole.

Dr. Whitney Duncan at CIPR Spring Symposium

Friday, April 26, 2024

Dr. Whitney L. Duncan is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado and a medical and psychological anthropologist. She gave this keynote speech, "Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities", at the 2024 CIPR Spring Symposium at DU.

Dra. Whitney Duncan en el CIPR Simposio de primavera

Viernes, 26 de abril, 2024

La Dra. Whitney L. Duncan es profesora de Antropología en la Universidad del Norte de Colorado y antropóloga médica y psicológica. Presentó este discurso, "Acompañamiento con comunidades de inmigrantes", durante el Simposio de primavera de CIPR en la Universidad de Denver.

'Welcome the Wretched'

Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024

CIPR invited law professor and writer César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández to speak about his book, Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the "Criminal Alien", at the Sturm College of Law. García Hernández is a former professor at Sturm Law. Listen back to his talk and Q&A with students.

Laboring for Justice

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

CIPR celebrated the release of Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City authored by Dr. Rebecca Galemba! We discussed the book and research with DU alumni and advocates, followed by skits performed by the Romero Theater Troupe. Appetizers and drinks accompanied the art exhibit.

Liminal Legality: Immigration in the Rocky Mountain West

April 7th - 8th, 2022

CIPR's first symposium featured presentations from migration experts, immigration advocates and allies, community partners, students, and legal scholars. At this two-day event, panelists applied Cecilia Menjivar's contributions on liminal legality and legal violence to examine current immigration issues in local, state, and transnational contexts. Each panel focused on CIPR’s three, core pillars:

  • Education and Health
  • Work
  • Intersections between the crimmigration system, law, and policy. 
CIPR students and staff CIPR Symposium
Cecilia Menjivar at CIPR Symposium
Liminal Legality

 

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Other Past Events

Panelists after screening of The Facility
February 23, 2023
Panelists after screening of the Facility

 

 

Student presentations working with Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores and the Colorado Asylum Center in Galemba's Qualitative Methods course
November 2022
Student presentations working with Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores and the Colorado Asylum Center 1

 

Student presentations working with Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores and the Colorado Asylum Center 2

 

Student presentations working with Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores and the Colorado Asylum Center 3

 

Book talk with Rebecca Hamlin, author of Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the Move cohosted by CIPR and the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy
October 19, 2022
CIPR students and staff CIPR Symposium

 

 
Immigration Law, Policy, and Advocacy Panel with Senator Julie Gonzales, Laura Lunn (RMIAN), and Professor Liz Jordan (SCOL)
Oct. 13, 2022
CIPR and Sturm Immigration Law and Policy Clinic talk