Twitter chat on immigration, feminism and Subway sandwiches in South Asia

Posted on by Jessica Partnow

What does immigration look like in South Asia? What about immigration from South Asia to the US? How will Modi’s recent election present new challenges and opportunities for the region’s immigration system? How do South Asia’s immigration systems compare to those in the U.S.?

Join award winning reporters from the Seattle Globalist and alumni of the Seattle based Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and New Media for a timely discussion on Immigration in the U.S. and South Asia on Thursday October 30th.

Here’s a recap of the highlights:

 

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Jessica Partnow

Jessica was the founding executive director of The Seattle Globalist. She is an international radio journalist whose work has been broadcast by dozens of public radio stations, networks and programs. She has received two Edward R. Murrow Awards, regionally for her radio series Life on the Duwamish and nationally for Generation Putin, an hour-long public radio special on young people and political change in the former Soviet Union. She won a 2015 Gracie Award for her radio series on humanitarian drug trafficking. Jessica teaches journalism at the University of Washington.