Urgent: Immigration - What’s Really Going On

February 3, 2025
6 pm - 7:30 pm
Speakers: Emma Lozano and Susan Gzesh
Virtual Meeting - Online Registration Required

The discussion will cover what’s happening in our community, who is at risk, what does it mean to be a sanctuary city and state, key issues, community and legal actions, and how can we help. Join us!

Emma Lozano is a community grassroots activist and pastor at United Lincoln Methodist Church in Chicago. In 1987, she founded the grassroots organization Centro sin Fronteras for undocumented families, first addressing the overcrowding of a local elementary school. After leading efforts to address this issue, the Rudy Lozano School was built. The organization has since worked to address issues of bilingual education, lead poisoning, housing, police brutality, library services, youth employment, and gentrification. Centro has also been described as an organization "predicated on respect for and empowerment of women." Lozano has been recognized as "one of the national leaders in the immigrant rights network."

Susan Gzesh has been of counsel to Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. since 2010. She focuses on the areas of immigration, civil rights, international law, and labor and employment. Since 2001, Ms. Gzesh has taught full time in the College at the University of Chicago and, from 2001 to 2020, was Executive Director of the University’s Pozen Family Center for Human Rights.