{"id":352,"date":"2010-02-10T11:39:44","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnhr.org\/?p=352"},"modified":"2010-02-10T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:50:21","slug":"the-texas-convention-agenda-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/the-texas-convention-agenda-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The Texas convention agenda is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Texas Convention for Immigrant Integration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Call for Reform<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">February 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 2009<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Austin, Texas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tentative Agenda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>12 Noon\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Welcome to the Texas Convention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:10 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Invocation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:15 p.m. <\/strong><strong>Family Reunification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is about Families, It is about Texas<\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonies of Texas immigrant families; their successes as well as the impact of immigration policies on their lives. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:30 p.m. <\/strong><strong>Civil Right, Human Rights, Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>The Road of Faith, the Welcoming of Immigrants<\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonies off faith-based institutions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:50 p.m. <\/strong> <strong>Pathway for Citizenship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Organized Voice in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonies of RITA members and other organizations in Texas calling for immigration reform.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:20 p.m. <\/strong> <strong>Future Flows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PANEL: Immigrants and Economic Recovery<\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonies of business owners and union members in Texas about the contributions of immigrants to the Texas economy and to the national economy, and about the economic benefits of immigration reform. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:50 p.m. <\/strong> <strong>Accountable Border Enforcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SPEAKER: Border Security and Immigration Reform.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:00 p.m. <\/strong><strong>Community Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are Part of the Solution: Community Security, National Security and Immigration Reform.<\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonies of law enforcement officials.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:25 p.m. <\/strong><strong>Immigrant Integration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Country, Our Future: Access to Education to Immigrant Students.<\/p>\n<p><em>Testimonies from students and professors about the impact of immigrations laws on education. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:55 p.m. <\/strong> <strong>Texas and Immigration Reform<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elected Officials for Immigration Reform<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4:30 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Key Note Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Closing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Convention for Immigrant Integration \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Call for Reform\u00e2\u20ac\u009d February 20th, 2009 Austin, Texas Tentative Agenda 12 Noon\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Registration 1:00 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Welcome to the Texas Convention 1:10 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Invocation 1:15 p.m. Family Reunification It&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}