Shifting Communities: Race, Immigration and Politics in American Suburbs

Thursday April 23 , 2009

  • By: Migration Policy Institute
  • Location:
    Rudin Family Forum
    295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
    New York, NY
  • Website: wagner.nyu.edu

Fueled by rising immigration from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean, US suburbs are undergoing unparalleled demographic and institutional transformations. Despite these shifts, the socioeconomic and political implications of recent immigrant and ethnic minority suburbanization remain severely understudied. In this discussion, UCLA Assistant Professor Lorrie Frasure will examine factors and influences that advance or discourage the socioeconomic and political incorporation of immigrants and ethnic minorities living in American suburban jurisdictions. MPI Demographer and Senior Policy Analyst Randy Capps will provide opening remarks.

Register online at http://wagner.nyu.edu/events