March 10, 2010
For immediate use

(DURHAM, N.C.) – On Thursday, March 11, the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham, and Chatham Counties and Durham Technical Community College’s Center for the Global Learner are co-sponsoring a discussion, “Immigration in North Carolina: Where Are We Now?” The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Collins Building, room 278.

A panel of state immigration experts will present information relevant to the state and Orange, Durham, and Chatham Counties. A question and answer session will follow. Speakers include: Marty Rosenbluth, staff attorney, Southern Coalition for Social Justice; Mauricio Castro, organizer for the North Carolina Latino Coalition; Irene Godinez, district director, Reform Immigration For America; and Katherine Woomer-Deters, Carolina’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. The program is free and open to the public.

Durham Tech’s main campus is located off the Briggs Avenue exit of the Durham Freeway. For more information about courses, call 919-536-7246, ext. 5204.