Teaching and Talking about Immigration Detention and Mass Incarceration

Hunter faculty, students and New York City community leaders join faculty-community teams from 6 other states to explore pedagogical and narrative strategies for how to address these issues and intersections in the classroom, through collaborations between campus and community partners.

Hear case studies from:

  • Florida:  Carolina Villalba, Assistant Teaching Professor, Writing and Rhetoric, Florida International University and Javier Del Castillo, Florida Immigration Coalition, creators of Crimmigration at Krome:  Processing Center or Prison?
  • New York: Mayra Lopez-Humphreys, Associate Professor, Silberman School of Social Work, and Kandra Clark, Director of Policy, Urban Pathways
  • Wisconsin:  Shannon Ross, CEO/Founder, The Community
  • Washington, DC:  Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad, Associate Professor of Criminology, Department of Sociology, Howard University

RSVP to attend this event.


Date:

February 2, 2026

Time:

3:00 PM — 5:00 PM

College:

Hunter College

Address:

695 Park Avenue
Manhattan

Building:

West Building

Room:

Faculty and Staff Cafe

Phone:

212-772-4000

Admission:

Free

Website:

https://www.humanitiesactionlab.org/soi-convening/