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Immigration Enforcement, Police Trust, and Domestic Violence
Research Findings and Community Impacts
Wednesday, March 2nd – 6:30-8:00 p.m. (via Zoom)
with
Dr. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Ph.D. University of California, Merced
Maria Jiminez, Director of Poder Popular, Santa Paula
Irisela Contreras, Living with Love Program Evaluation Coordinator, Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project
Julissa Peña, Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Defense Center
Moderator: José Alamillo, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Chicano/a Studies Department at California State University Channel Islands. Dr. Alamillo’s research focuses on immigration and labor studies, ethnic studies and Chicano/a cultural history. He has involved students in community service learning projects such as collecting oral histories of ex-Braceros and has authored, Making Lemonade out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town and Deportes: the Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora.
Dr. Amuedo-Dorantes is a Professor of Economics at University of California, Merced whose research focuses on immigration policy, its consequences, and the impact of state and local level immigration policy on immigrants and the communities in which they reside. Her research and publications include, Police trust and domestic violence among immigrants: evidence from VAWA self-petitions, Immigration Enforcement, Sanctuary Policies and Domestic Violence, Immigration enforcement awareness and community engagement with police: Evidence from domestic violence calls in Los Angeles, and Immigration, Sanctuary Policies, and Public Safety.
Maria Jiminez is the Founder of Poder Popular, an organization of primarily Mexican and Central American immigrant women, with a focus on domestic violence, economic self-sufficiency, health and nutrition. Poder Popular has been supporting and serving immigrant community members in Ventura County for more than 14 years. Ms. Jiminez has also served as President of Campesinas Unidas, a state-wide social change organization that advocates for human rights and empowerment for farmworker women by providing advocacy and a variety of legal, social and health services.
Irisela Contreras is Program Evaluation Coordinator for MICOP's Living with Love Program. Living with Love is a direct Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) mental health and domestic violence program designed with the intent to address issues of depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and (socio-cultural and linguistic) isolation for Mexican indigenous migrant populations, including Latinos by decreasing mental health stigma, improving knowledge about mental health issues, and increasing knowledge, awareness, and access to mental health services including domestic violence support resources. The curriculum is taught by community promotoras in both Spanish and Mixteco variants. The eight-session class series imparts evidence-informed mental health techniques and domestic violence prevention theories and practices, while reducing stigma surrounding mental health and expanding indigenous access to mental health services.
Julissa Peña is Executive Director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Center (ILDC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency promoting equal access to justice and due process by providing pro bono legal services to indigent immigrants in deportation proceedings and educating immigrants on their basic civil rights. ILDC serves community members in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Join us to learn about police trust and domestic violence among immigrants, front line experiences in Ventura County, and implications for public safety policy.