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8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Welcome – Masih Fouladi, Executive Director, California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC)
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM
The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration: Building Our Collective Resistance
Panelists: Miguel Santana, President and CEO, California Community Foundation (CCF); Jean Guerrero, Contributing Writer, New York Times Opinion and Senior Journalism Fellow; Masih Fouladi, Executive Director, CIPC
Moderator: Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) San Francisco-Bay Area
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Rapid Response and Community Strategies Under Trump 2.0
Panelists: Maria Romani, Immigrants’ Rights Program Director, ACLU; Lety Valencia, Formation Director, Faith in the Valley, Central Valley Rapid Response Network (RRN); Pedro Trujillo Carrasco, Director of Organizing, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA); Los Angeles Rapid Response Network, Lizbeth (Castillejos) Abeln, Deportation Defense Director, Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ICIJ); Inland Empire Rapid Response Network
Moderator: Sukaina Hussain, Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives, CIPC
Strategies to Protect Health and Safety Net Programs for Immigrants
Panelists: Eliana Kaimowitz, Office of Equity Director, California Department of Social Services (CDSS); Amanda McAllister-Wallner, Interim Executive Director, Health Access California (H4A); Christopher Hoene, Executive Director, California Budget & Policy Center (CBPC); Maria Lemus, Executive Director, Vision y Compromiso (VyC)
Moderator: Benyamin Chao, Policy Manager, Health & Public Benefits, CIPC
Immigrant Worker Organizing in California: Learning from Past Victories to Meet the Current Moment
Panelists: David Huerta, President, United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW); Sarait Martinez, Executive Director, Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígeno Oaxaqueño (CBDIO); Berseba Porcayo, Lead Senior Organizer, Warehouse Worker Resource Center (WWRC); Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, Executive Director, Pilipino Workers Center
Moderator: Josh Stehlik, Policy Director, CIPC
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Winnie Wong, Renowned Guzheng (Chinese Zither) Artist
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Legal Services to Defend Immigrant Families and Communities Against Mass Deportations
Panelists: Angélica Salas, Executive Director, CHIRLA; Barbara Pinto, Founding Co-Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Defense (ILD); Laura Ruiz, Associate Director, San Bernardino Community Services Center (SBCSC); Hortencia Rodriguez, Director of Community Partnerships and Local and State Policy, Acacia Center for Justice.
Moderator: Bruno Huizar, Supervising Policy Manager, Detention and Deportation, CIPC
Advancing Economic Mobility for Immigrant Communities
Panelists: Ahmed Malinomar, Project Manager, United Taxi Workers of San Diego (UTWSD); Denea Joseph, National Entrepreneurship Manager, Immigrants Rising; Luz Castro, Policy Associate Director, Inclusive Action for the City (IAC); Yadi Ortiz, Executive Director, Pre-Health Dreamers
Moderator: Edgar Ortiz, Economic Justice Supervising Policy Manager, CIPC
Activating our Innate Medicine: Grounding through Creative Connection Practices and the Wisdom of our Five Senses
Workshop Facilitator: Claudia Morales, Co-creative Therapist at Social Justice Healing
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Building Intersectional Power: Understanding Racial Justice, Health Access, and Economic Justice as Immigrant Issues
Panelists: Brenda Solórzano, President and CEO, The California Endowment; Joanna Jackson, President and CEO, Weingart Foundation; additional panelists forthcoming.
Moderator: Masih Fouladi, Executive Director, CIPC
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Morning Plenary
After three months of a second Trump administration, Americans have seen both similarities and differences in comparison to the first administration. Join this session featuring a panel of diverse speakers from the media, philanthropy, state legislature, and nonprofit organizations to analyze what they are seeing across sectors and to discuss which resistance strategies have been successful so far. Where does the immigrant justice movement need to increase its focus and energy at this moment? How can advocates both engage in defensive/block work as well as long term proactive movement building? These are some of the questions the panelists will address.
Morning Breakouts
Join fellow advocates and organizers to explore coordinated strategies to protect immigrant communities through rapid response networks and policy initiatives. This interactive session will provide an analysis of immigration enforcement patterns and their community organizers and leaders of immigrant-serving organizations, worker centers, and labor unions.
Afternoon Breakouts
Legal Services to Defend Immigrant Families & Communities Against Mass Deportations
California is home to more immigrants than any other state in the nation and it is disproportionately impacted by immigration raids, arrests, and deportations. Publicly-funded legal services are one line of defense against deportation. In this session, participants will hear from advocates and attorneys across California on the status of legal services programs’ capacity to defend immigrant families and communities, opportunities to expand the availability of legal services and representation, and current campaigns to increase access and funding for immigration legal services to keep families and communities safe and together.
In this session, participants will learn how advocates are working to support undocumented immigrants in accessing education, training, and career opportunities amidst a climate of heightened fear in which possibilities to obtain work authorization are also becoming more limited. Through the panel discussion, participants will learn about the Economic Mobility 4 All (EM4All) campaign and its role in bringing advocates together to advance a broad-based platform of policy and budget demands to ensure that all individuals regardless of immigration status are able to support themselves and their loved ones.
Advocates, organizers, and community members are facing increased stress and attacks during the Trump administration. Mental health and wellness should be nurtured in tandem with our collective impact, followed by a panel discussion highlighting successful regional models for rapid response organizing. Policy experts will share opportunities to expand efforts to disentangle state and local institutions from immigration enforcement. Participants will leave with concrete tools to build collaborative defense networks and advance proactive policy solutions through collective advocacy. The session aims to foster partnerships and knowledge-sharing between organizations working to safeguard immigrant rights across different regions of the state.
California’s Shield: State and Local Strategies to Protect Safety Net Programs for Immigrant Families
During the first Trump presidency, leaders across California came together to defend against federal attacks on immigrant access to safety net programs. Today, advocates and administrators continue this fight, pushing back against the resurgence of harmful proposals, including public charge. This panel will provide insights into the current landscape of efforts to protect vital programs in California and strategies to ensure low-income families remain enrolled in essential services. Panelists will also discuss key threats, highlight opportunities for action, and share their visions on how Californians can unite to safeguard our communities and critical programs in the years ahead.
Immigrant Worker Organizing in California: Learning from Past Victories to Meet the Moment
This session will draw on lessons learned from past and current pro-immigrant worker campaigns in California and how they may inform strategic organizing and policy initiatives to meet the needs of immigrant workers in this unprecedented moment. This includes the Justice for Janitors Campaign, anti-retaliation protections for low-income workers, organizing indigenous farmworkers, and advocating for unemployment benefits for immigrants through the Safety Net for All campaign. The discussion will be led by long-term movement to ensure that organizing and building towards systemic changes is sustainable. This workshop aims to center wellness and mindfulness practices that can help us navigate our mental health during these times.
AFTERNOON PLENARY
Immigrant communities are building power every day in the fight for racial justice, health access, and economic inclusion. This session will examine how philanthropy is responding to the moment and moving beyond short-term support to make bold, sustained investments that strengthen community infrastructure, fuel advocacy, and center immigrant voices. Panelists will explore how addressing the socio-economic barriers that impact health, stability, and economic mobility are essential to advancing immigrant justice and long-term well-being for all.