"The Intersection of Immigration and Gang Reduction Policy: Assessing impacts of national and local immigration initiatives on community safety and collaboration among families, community groups, and law enforcement"

Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Georgetown University Law Center

McDonough Hall - Room 203

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Shay Bilchik, Director, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform

Ilana Brunner, Legislative Director, Office of Congressman Bobby Scott (D- Va.) (Invited)

Luis Cardona, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, Montgomery County (Md.) Department of Health and Human Services

Carol Chodroff, U.S. Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch

Jeffrey Wennar, Montgomery County (Md.) State Attorney's Office

Patrick Word, Detective Corporal, Gaithersburg (Md.) Police Department

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Human Rights Action, which will present findings from its new report, "Between the Border and the Street: Migrant Youth on the Margins." The report is based on research conducted by Georgetown Law students during a fact-finding mission to Guatemala last August, as well as research conducted in the Washington, D.C., area. The report provides a comparative perspective on gang reduction policies and migration in the United States and Guatemala, and offers recommendations for U.S. policymakers.

Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.