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Who is my neighbor?
Immigrants, Communities and the
Workforce
Farmingville, The Documentary (private screening, 78 minutes)
Winner of the Sundance Film
Festival, “Special Jury Prize”
“A clash of culture and economics unfolds in an unprepared
suburb.”—The New York Times
Known as “ground zero” of the day-laborer issue, the community of Farmingville is the location of large numbers of migrants willing to work in landscaping or other manual labor. It also became the location of national anti-immigrant rallies, discussions on the role of government and churches to resolve community concerns, as well as a serious crime when two young men severely assaulted two Mexican workers in the summer of 2000. Please join us at this special screening to view and discuss this important documentary.
April 19, 2004
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Bent Hall 101
St. John’s University Queens Campus
Panel Discussion:
Catherine Tambini, Film Co-director, Producer, Cinematographer
Hon. Paul Tonna, Suffolk County Legislator, Adjunct Instructor of Theology,
St. John College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bishop Emil A. Wcela, D.D. Episcopal Vicar of Eastern Suffolk,
Diocese of Rockville Centre
For more information:
The Vincentian Center for Church and Society
718.990.1612