Part Two: Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”

Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions”

 

CHAIRS: FINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU)

 

Open DiscussionFINERMAN, Ruthbeth (U Memphis), FOUST, Amy (NAU), and LOUCKY, James (WWU) Crucial Conversations Roundtable: “Sanctuary vs. Sanctions.” US sanctuary cities that protect and value their diverse communities are threatened by a new federal administration determined to erase political, economic, environmental, health and social safeguards. Citizens already vulnerable to ethnic, religious, sexual or other discrimination are targeted by new political efforts to erode hard-won rights. Immigrants and refugees seeking dignity and asylum are instead menaced by an administration that proposes walls, religious registration and “extreme vetting.” A panel of governmental, non- governmental, grassroots and educational representatives will discuss strategies to build bridges rather than barricades, and collaborative opportunities to ensure that sanctuary cities can continue to promote cross-cultural understanding, inclusivity, legitimacy, rights and the common good.

 

Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.