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Location: Fed-Ex
Global Center, 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, map,
parking available*
April 20 Education, Health Care, Social Services and Immigration
Some hard questions we hope to address: Aren’t they costing us a lot for schools, health care, social services? Don’t they bring down test scores? Why is their dropout rate so high? Aren’t they bringing gangs into our schools? Why should they take higher education places instead of citizens? Aren’t they overwhelming our public and community health facilities? Don’t they come with diseases and disease vulnerabilities that affect the rest of us? We can’t provide mental health care for citizens and legal residents so how can we do that for these people? If we provide services for immigrants, won’t that encourage more immigrants to move here?
4:00-4:45 pm Discussion: facilitated by Irene Godínez, Advocacy Director
of El Pueblo, Inc.
4:45-6:00 pm Film: La vida no es facil 
The video maker's son, Torin Martínez,
will present this film.
Through an interview process, this documentary focuses on various issues affecting
Latinos in North Carolina. Topics covered include in-state tuition and education,
misconceptions of the Latino community, permanent residency, and the impact of Latinos
on the economy.
After the film, students from Pa'lante will talk about their personal experiences
with U.S. education.
Related readings and links
Sponsors
CHICLE (The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and
Language Education)
ISA (Institute for Studies of the Americas – UNC-CH)
ACLU-NC
CALDO
Chapel Hill/Carrboro CITCA
El Centro Latino
El Pueblo, Inc.
Institute for Southern Studies
NC Council of Churches
NC Justice Center
Pa'lante
Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
UNC School of Law Immigration/Human
Rights Clinic
*The FedEx Global Education Center is located on the corner of Pittsboro and McCauley
St. in Chapel Hill. It is next door to the School of Social Work and behind the Pharmacy
School. Directions from Franklin St: Turn LEFT onto S. Columbia St. from Franklin
St. Follow the road through a couple of lights, it will force you to go right, and
then take a LEFT turn onto Pittsboro St. you will pass the Carolina Inn on your left.
At the next light, you will see the building in front of you. Turn left onto McCauley
Street and then right after you pass the building on your right. The parking entrance
is under the building on the right and open on weekends.
Please call us at (919) 933-0398 if you want more information. You can also e-mail
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