Context and Compassion: A Panel on Immigration

The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (SHPRS) Anti-Racism Committee and the Minorities and Philosophy Club (MAP) invite you to join us for a conversation about the ethics and realities of immigration and undocumented persons in the United States from the past, present and future.

This event will be a discussion between panelists followed by a Q&A from the audience. 

About the panelists

Aubrial Harrington is a philosophy PhD student at Arizona State University and Chair of the ASU Chapter of Minorities and Philosophy. Her research focuses on borders and the positionality of undocumented Latina immigrants. She specializes in feminist, critical, social, and political philosophy and applied ethics. She earned her BA from Northern Arizona University in Politics, Philosophy and Law with minors in economics and classical studies. She also has a certificate in creative writing. 

Dulce Juarez, M.Ed, brings more than two decades of non-profit experience, community organizing and advocacy leadership in the immigrant’s rights and climate justice movements. Dulce is a facilitator and fundraising consultant. Juarez supports local nonprofit organizations in fulfilling their mission and in creating positive systematic change. She has advocated for the passage of the DREAM-ACT, worked at the American Civil Liberties Union, with a powerful legal team to stop anti-immigrant laws like SB1070 and with community sued the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio. She has worked on elections as a Community Partnership Consultant for Movement Voter Project and climate justice issue based campaigns as Chispa AZ Co-Executive Director. Her passion is liberation, and funding social justice movements at the frontlines. She enjoys supporting new BIPOC leaders and building political power for a progressive, inclusive and healthier world.

Daniel A. Rodriguez is the owner of Law Offices of Daniel A. Rodriguez, a firm focused on family law and immigration law. He graduated from Arizona State University with degrees in Political Science and English Literature and received his Juris Doctorate at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Daniel has worked with and founded various advocacy and education-based organizations, including the Arizona Dream Act Coalition (ADAC) and the Somos America / We Are America Coalition, Onward Hope, and the Isac Amaya Foundation. Daniel's recognitions include being a recipient of the 2008 Most Outstanding Hispanic Undergraduate at ASU, the 2014 Most Outstanding Graduate Student at ASU, 2014 Dean's Award at ASU Law, the 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40 Award in 2010, and the recipient of the George I. Sánchez Memorial Award for 2014 by the National Education Association. In 2014, Daniel became the first undocumented/Dreamer Attorney in the State of Arizona.

Karina Ruiz de Díaz is the Executive Director at the Arizona Dream Act Coalition. She is a DACA recipient, born in Estado de Mexico, with parents from Oaxaca, she has lived in Phoenix, AZ since 1999. Graduated from Arizona State University in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. Karina has led and participated in countless actions locally and nationally, working towards uplifting the voice of the undocumented community.  Karina has 3 US-born sons, ages 21, 14, and 11, she is also the grandmother of three US Citizens ages 5, 3, and 2.  Civic engagement and voter registration as well as congress advocacy have been central to her work.  Her father passed away from Covid-19 in Nov 2020, thanks to DACA and advanced parole she was able to acompany her father to be burries and rest in peace in his hometown in Oaxaca, Mexico.   Karina has also participated with other leaders from across the country in 2 civil disobedience actions and shaving her head with 50 other leaders in DC to push for the passing of immigration reform. She has led 5 groups of DACA recipients successfully visiting Mexico and returning to the US with a study abroad program and advance parole.