**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

Learn about two current realities of child removal in the United States: the separation of migrant families at U.S. borders and the racial biases and corruption in U.S. foster care and adoption systems. Panelists include Roxanna Asgarian, Jessica Chicco, and Cheryl Aguilar.  Roxanna Asgarian is a journalist and author of We Were Once A Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America. Jessica Chicco is the Director of the New Americans Initiative at MIRA (Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition). Cheryl Aguilar, LCSW, is the Founding Director of Hope Center for Wellness, and specializes in working with immigrants and refugees.    

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Watertown Library.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

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