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SUMMARY: Organizing for Inclusion? Race-Making and the Quest for Immigrant 
 Rights in the U.S. South with Jennifer A. Jones
DESCRIPTION: Join us on February 10\, 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM at Irving K. Barbe
 r Learning Centre or online for Jennifer A. Jones' talk on the role of immi
 grant-serving organizations in shaping racial formation and immigrant right
 s in the U.S. South.
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 son Registration Closed" text="In-person registration for this event is now
  closed." link_text="" link_url=""]</p><h3>Join us for the third event in o
 ur Speaker Series on <em>Migration\, Racialization\, and Inequality</em>\, 
 featuring Jennifer A. Jones. She will present her talk\, "Organizing for In
 clusion? Race-Making and the Quest for Immigrant Rights in the U.S. South."
 </h3><p><em>This event will be held in a hybrid format. Lunch will be serve
 d at 11:45 AM in Dodson Room. The lecture will start at 12:15 PM and wrap u
 p at 1:45 PM.</em></p><div class="flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow"><div 
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 ords dark:prose-invert light"><p>Following the lecture\, join Jennifer A. J
 ones for a workshop from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM at C.K. Choi 231\, where she wi
 ll delve into the evolving scholarship of race and immigration\, sharing in
 sights from her research and personal journey.</p><p>[buttons][button link_
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 er\;"><strong>Please arrive on time (11:45 AM) to ensure your spot.</strong
 ></p><hr /><h2>Abstract</h2><p><span class="TextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0" lang
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 CXW68228067 BCX0">In recent decades\, immigrant-serving organizations have 
 emerged as crucial lifelines for immigrants and have become</span><span cla
 ss="NormalTextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0"> increasingly central players in immig
 ration politics. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0">While
  researchers have studied these organizations' role in individual and polic
 y outcomes\, less attention has been paid to their role</span><span class="
 NormalTextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0"> in shaping racial formation processes.</s
 pan> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0">Drawing on archival\, et
 hnographic\, and interview data\, this</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SC
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 "> delves into the organizing efforts of groups across the U.S. South. </sp
 an><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0">Focusing on two key cases\
 , we </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW68228067 BCX0">show how organiza
 tions mobilize race in their work\, affecting both the racialization of new
  immigrant arrivals and macro-level public policies.</span></span></p><hr /
 ><h2>About Jennifer A. Jones</h2><p>[image_aligned img_url="https://migr.cm
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 on="" align="left"]</p><p><span class="TextRun SCXW75154369 BCX0" lang="EN-
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 154369 BCX0">Jennifer Jones is an Associate Professor of Sociology </span><
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 an><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75154369 BCX0">. </span><span class="Norm
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 ociology of race\, immigration\, and politics.</span><span class="NormalTex
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  “works</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75154369 BCX0">”\,</span><span
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 n categorical ascription (e.g.\, checking a box\, or how one is perceived) 
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 W75154369 BCX0"> (e.g.\, identity\, or feeling a sense of group belonging).
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