Forum/Discussions

Where did Bill de Blasio and John Liu draw more voter support than Bill Thompson in 2009? Who fared better in key African American, Caribbean and Asian communities in the 2009 primaries and runoffs, Bill de Blasio or John Liu? And what do historic voting patterns suggest for this fall’s elections? You can find out these answers and more by attending a conference on September 4th on “The role of the immigrant vote in the NYC 2013 elections.”
 
At the conference, hosted by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s Center for Community and Ethnic Media, we will explore new data and maps produced by the Center for Urban Research (CUR) at the CUNY Graduate Center that provide demographic details about immigrant and ethnic groups across the city, voting patterns for many of these groups, and what these patterns suggest about this fall’s elections.
 
The CUR presentation will be followed by a panel of experts who will analyze the city’s ethnic politics, and then by a panel of editors from community and ethnic publications who will discuss how this information can inform political coverage.

Click here to register:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15jnvX7DRQdUfjTF9Ub2pDsjz3CxI826M2Z_sOnKj8SU/viewform
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Conference agenda:
 
9:00am to 9:30am – Coffee and registration
 
9:30 to 10:30am – Recent voting patterns of immigrants in NYC
Presentation by staff members from the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center:
Steven Romalewski, Director, CUNY Mapping Service
Joseph Pereira, Director, CUNY Data Service
 
10:30 – 11:15am – The role of immigrant voters in the 2013 elections
Panelists:
Sayu Bhojwani, Founding Director, New American Leaders Project
Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College
Steve Choi, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition
Jaime Estades, Director, Latino Leadership Institute at Hunter College
Moderator:  Sarah Bartlett, Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
 
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
 
11:45: - 12:30pm – Using data and maps to improve political coverage

Panelists:
Jarrett Murphy, Executive Editor and Publisher, City Limits
Joe Wei, Managing Editor, World Journal
Nayaba Arinde, Editor, Amsterdam News
Marlene Peralta, Senior Political Editor, El Diario-La Prensa
Moderator: Garry Pierre-Pierre, Executive Director, Center for Community and Ethnic Media
 
Where: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 219 West 40th Street, 3rd floor

Contact Us: ccem@journalism.cuny.edu

Our address is:
Center for Community and Ethnic Media
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
219 West 40th Street (Between 7th and 8th avenues)
New York, NY 10018