DC Dialogues--Realities of Today’s West Side Story: Immigration and Socioeconomic Disparities

NYU DC Dialogues and NEWorks Productions presented, "Realities of Today’s West Side Story: A Dialogue on Immigration and Socioeconomic Disparities," a discussion panel featuring Esther Olavarria, Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Chief of Staff at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Allen Orr, Esq. Treasurer, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Rachel Peric, Executive Director at Welcoming America, and Nolan Williams, Jr., CEO of NEWorks Productions, Festival Artistic Director of the Mann Center and Conceiver/Curator of the West Side/South Side Exhibition. The conversation was moderated by Cathleen Farrell, Director of Communications at the National Immigration Forum.

This panel discussion hopes to draw public attention to these prevailing issues and launches the national photo exhibition, "West Side/South Side: The Face of Immigration and Socioeconomic Disparities in America" which will be displayed in the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Lobby at NYU DC through the end of May.