{"id":41604,"date":"2019-03-15T16:31:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41604"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:04:33","slug":"borders-jails-and-long-drives-in-the-desert-immigrant-rights-attorney-kara-hartzler-94-to-present-keim-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/borders-jails-and-long-drives-in-the-desert-immigrant-rights-attorney-kara-hartzler-94-to-present-keim-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Borders, Jails, and Long Drives in the Desert\u2019: Immigrant rights attorney Kara Hartzler \u201994 to present Keim Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal public defender, immigrant rights attorney and playwright <\/span>Kara Hartzler \u201994<\/b> will give the spring 2019 Keim Lecture Series presentation at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Titled \u201cBorders, Jails, and Long Drives in the Desert: 25 Years of Immigration Law in the Southwest,\u201d her talk will be followed by a reception and immigrant advocacy organization fair. <\/span><\/p>\n

The event, in Martin Chapel at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKara has been a tireless advocate for immigrant rights for the past quarter-century,\u201d said Professor <\/span>Mark Metzler Sawin<\/b><\/a>, history department chair. \u201cHer passion, compassion and care for the \u2018least of these\u2019 perfectly models EMU\u2019s values of \u2018doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hartzler, a federal public defender in San Diego, California, has also served as a legal director of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, where she conducted Know-Your-Rights presentations for detained immigrants. She has authored numerous books, articles and resources for defense attorneys, and has taught at the University of Arizona College of Law. In addition, she has testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration, served as an electoral observer in El Salvador, and participated in a humanitarian delegation to Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to becoming an attorney, she earned an MFA in playwriting from the University of Iowa, and her plays have been produced across the United States and Mexico, including <\/span>No Roosters in the Desert<\/span><\/i> at EMU in 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEMU gave me two things that have served me well,\u201d Hartzler said recently: \u201cFirst, it was small enough to allow me to try lots of things \u2013 theater, a semester abroad, community living and social justice groups, among others. Over my career, I\u2019ve found that solutions that lie at the intersection of these areas of interest are often the most interesting and effective. Second, EMU encouraged self-reflection, humility and a global consciousness, all of which can be in short supply in the legal world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She is the recipient of the 2018 E. Stanley Conant Award for Indigent Defense, the 2017 Outstanding Assistant Federal Defender award, the 2013 David Carliner Public Interest Award, the 2013 Randy Tunac Courage in Immigration Award, and the 2010 Robert J. Hooker Award for service to the defender community. <\/span><\/p>\n

During her Harrisonburg visit, Hartzler will also speak to the <\/span>Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society<\/span><\/a> (ACRS), a community of elders bringing critical thinking and a prophetic voice to the engagement with local and world issues. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost, I hope audiences will just enjoy hearing stories about the people and places I\u2019ve experienced along the border over the last 25 years,\u201d Hartzler said. \u201cAnd if audience members can hear those stories and come away with a slightly better understanding of the complexities of immigration law and policy and how our decisions from the past have led us to where we are today, I\u2019ll be ecstatic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

More about the Albert N. Keim Lecture Series<\/b><\/h3>\n

Hartzler was a student of professor Albert \u201cAl\u201d N. Keim, who died in 2008 at the age of 72 of complications following a liver transplant. He had served as a professor at EMU for 35 years and was the academic dean from 1977 to 1984. The lecture series honors his memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about past presenters, in this sampling:<\/span><\/p>\n

2017:<\/b> Dr. Dongping Han<\/span><\/a>, professor at Warren-Wilson College and a native of rural China, offered \u201cThe Cultural Revolution: A Reinterpretation from Today\u2019s China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2016:<\/b> Artist\/activist <\/span>Mark Strandquist<\/span><\/a> provided a lecture titled \u201cPerforming Statistics: Connecting incarcerated youth, artists, and leading policy experts to challenge Virginia\u2019s juvenile justice system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2015:<\/b> Charles R. Epp<\/span><\/a>, political scientist in the University of Kansas\u2019s School of Public Affairs and Administration, presented \u201cThe Police and Racial Discrimination in America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2014:<\/b> Vincent Harding<\/span><\/a>, a pastor, activist and history professor who helped EMC professors initiate social change in Harrisonburg during the early 1960s, presented \u201cIs America Possible?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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