Panel: The Human Part of Globalization: Immigrants and Iowa's Economic Development
Wednesday, 08 Nov 2000 at 12:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
What is Iowa's recent history in dealing with immigrants? What are the trends in immigration? Can Iowa hope to compete in the global market as an agricultural producer without embracing and welcoming immigrant labor? David Oman chair of the Iowa 2010 Committee, part of the Governor's Strategic Planning Council; Sandra Charvat Burke, Iowa State University demographer and head of Marshalltown's Diversity Committee; Sandra Sanchez, director of the American Friends Service Committee's Immigrant Rights Project, with Dennis Peterson, director of International Education Services, will moderate.
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