Please join us for BJELL’s 2026 symposium, Get Up, Stand Up! Taking Action for Immigrant Workers. The event is on Thurs., April 2 in Booth Auditorium and will run from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Please register here. 

Schedule

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Opening Remarks by Professor Diana Reddy

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Unions and Community Organizations Supporting Immigrant Workers. Panel discussion by:

1. David Huerta: President, SEIU-USWW
2. Marissa Nuncio: Director, Garment Worker Center
3. Iliana Perez: Executive director, Immigrants Rising
4. Víctor G. Sánchez Jr.: Executive director, LA Alliance for a New Economy

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Legal Strategies and Advocacy for Immigrant Workers. Panel discussion by:

1. Christina Chung, Executive director, Berkeley Law Center for Law and Work
2. Yvonne Medrano: Directing attorney, Employment Rights Project at Bet Tzedek Legal Services’ Employment Rights Project
3. Jessica Rutter: On behalf of the AFL-CIO.
4. Stacy Tolchin: Litigator, Represented Plaintiffs in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem among other ninth circuit cases.

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM:

Lunch Provided

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Policy Efforts to Protect Immigrant Workers. Panel discussion by:

1. Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute
2. Sara Flocks, California Federation of Labor Unions
3. Juan Fernando Luna: Staff attorney, UNITE HERE! Local 11
4. David Rosenfeld, Partner, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld

3:45 AM – 4:45 PM
Keynote Speaker:

Chris Newman, Legal Director for NDLON; Represented Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

4:45 PM — 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks by BJELL Editors-in-Chief, Henry Van Bemmel and Katie Chin

5:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Reception

Please be sure to register for the event in advance so we have an accurate headcount for lunch.