Building One Community's 10th Annual Colloquium
Join B1C for a night of intellectual discussion around the topic of:
"Roadblocks & Rising Paths: Charting Immigrant Mobility in Connecticut"
September 16th, 2025
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Wine, Hors D’oeuvres, & Silent Auction
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Moderated discussion on Migration Policy Institute's (MPI) soon-to-be launched report and Q&A.
The Village
4 Star Point, Stamford, CT 06902
Reserve your spot now; seating is limited.
R.S.V.P. by August 29, 2025
We look forward to this special event, which serves as an opportunity to connect over our shared interest in advancing the successful integration of immigrants and their families.
Sponsorships*
Visionary Sponsor $10,000+ - Includes 10 Tickets
Ambassador Sponsor $5,000 - Includes 8 Tickets
Champion Sponsor $2,500 - Includes 6 Tickets
Ally Sponsor $1,000 - Includes 4 Tickets
Friend Sponsor $500 - Includes 2 Tickets
*All sponsors will receive special mention on the Building One Community website and at the event. To be listed as a sponsor on event materials, confirmation of sponsorship must be received by August 29th.
Individual Tickets
$125
For more information contact events@b1c.org or call 203-674-8585 ext. 142.
Building One Community's 8th Annual Colloquium
Thank you to all who attended our intellectual discussion around the topic of:
"Immigration: The Overlooked Driver of Economic Growth"
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Cocktails, Hors D’oeuvres & Silent Auction
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Fireside Chat and Q&A
NEW Venue: The Village
4 Star Point, Stamford, CT 06902
Reserve your seats now. Seating is limited.
R.S.V.P. by August 31, 2023
Our Panelists
Carlos Alvarez, is a local entrepreneur and first-generation immigrant from Guatemala who moved to Connecticut at 11 years old. From a young age, he had strong ambition and a mind for business, starting his first lawn-mowing business at 18. Now, he owns four companies in new home builders, landscape maintenance, landscape supply, and stone supply.
Tamu Lucero, Ph.D., is the Superintendent of Stamford Public Schools, where students and families speak more than 75 languages at home. During her 25-year career as a teacher and administrator, she has worked diligently to improve public education and sees the potential in every child. She believes education is a global initiative requiring an alliance among all communities to elicit effective and efficient reform.
David Dyssegaard Kallick, is the Director of Immigration Research Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. He is the author of numerous studies of the economic and fiscal aspects of immigration at the national, state, metro area, and local levels, with a particular focus on the regions of New York State.
Muzaffar Chishti, is a Migration Policy Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the MPI office at New York University School of Law and will moderate our discussion. His work focuses on U.S. immigration policy at the federal, state, and local levels, including the intersection of labor and immigration law, immigration enforcement, civil liberties, and immigrant integration.
We look forward to this special event which serves as an opportunity to discuss and revel in the power of our immigrant population as drivers of economic growth on a local and national scale.
We will have a chance to connect with one another through our shared interest of advancing the successful integration of immigrants and their families as they make Connecticut their home.
For more information contact events@b1c.org or call 203-674-8585 ext. 105.
With sincere thanks to our sponsors
Diamond
Ellen Williams & Andrew Schultz
Platinum
Sarita & Gregory Hanley
Maryann Kann
Bruce & Linda Koe
Ann Mandel
Gold
Susan & William Adamsen
Holm & O'Hara
Andrew Schau & Madeline Turci
Anthony Simari & Ivonne Zucco
Stamford Health
Jose Luis & Sarah Zepeda
Silver
Aldo & Amy Cabrera
David & Andrea Cohen
Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
Belle Horwitz & Jon Weiner
M&T Bank
Jill & Miguel Patricio
Everett & Sally Schenk
Chrome
Sonia Alcantarilla-Medina & Marcelo Gigliani
Anka Badurina & Roberto Sobrino
Connecticut Institute of Refugees and Immigrants
Cove Point Properties
Eastern Land Management (ELM)
Talay Hafiz
The Inisfad Foundation
Mary Maarbjerg
Caroline & Anthony Murray
Cathy & Rich Ostuw
Mary Sommer & Jay Sandak
Stamford Bank and Trust
The Hon. Terrie & Jay Wood
