Presented By: Faculty Senate
Opportunity to Hear from and Ask Questions of an Immigration Attorney
Know Your Rights Presentation by Rebecca Olszewski
Who: Rebecca Olszewski, Managing Attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC)
When: Monday April 7, 11:45am – 12:45pm
Where: This event is hybrid
In person: The Annenberg Auditorium, the Ford School of Public Policy,
735 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98575561235
On Monday, April 7, 11:45am – 12:45pm, the Managing Attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC)— Rebecca Olszewski—will offer a presentation on the general state of immigration affairs. The presentation will be both in-person and on zoom and is open to any member of the University of Michigan community: faculty, staff, or students.
Ms. Olzewski will give a streamlined version of MIRC’s Know Your Rights Presentation for encounters with immigration enforcement officers, will address the concerns that people on work visas or student visas might face about travel and deportation, and will address the First Amendment Freedom of Speech concerns that we might have regarding immigration and attempts to deport people for political speech. She’ll answer any general questions that audience members might have, though cannot address individual concerns.
MIRC is a legal resource center for Michigan’s immigrant communities. MIRC works to build a thriving Michigan where immigrant communities experience equity and belonging.
Rebecca Olszewski joined the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center as a Supervising Attorney in 2024. She has been working in non-profit immigration legal services since beginning with Farmworker Legal Services after law school. Working at Catholic Charities of Louisville, Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan, and as a pro-bono attorney for MIRC’s VAWA program, Rebecca has a broad range of skills focused on legal service administration and direct representation for clients in the family-based and humanitarian immigration processes. As a Michigander, Rebecca graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and Western Michigan University. She is fluent in Spanish.
When: Monday April 7, 11:45am – 12:45pm
Where: This event is hybrid
In person: The Annenberg Auditorium, the Ford School of Public Policy,
735 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98575561235
On Monday, April 7, 11:45am – 12:45pm, the Managing Attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC)— Rebecca Olszewski—will offer a presentation on the general state of immigration affairs. The presentation will be both in-person and on zoom and is open to any member of the University of Michigan community: faculty, staff, or students.
Ms. Olzewski will give a streamlined version of MIRC’s Know Your Rights Presentation for encounters with immigration enforcement officers, will address the concerns that people on work visas or student visas might face about travel and deportation, and will address the First Amendment Freedom of Speech concerns that we might have regarding immigration and attempts to deport people for political speech. She’ll answer any general questions that audience members might have, though cannot address individual concerns.
MIRC is a legal resource center for Michigan’s immigrant communities. MIRC works to build a thriving Michigan where immigrant communities experience equity and belonging.
Rebecca Olszewski joined the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center as a Supervising Attorney in 2024. She has been working in non-profit immigration legal services since beginning with Farmworker Legal Services after law school. Working at Catholic Charities of Louisville, Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan, and as a pro-bono attorney for MIRC’s VAWA program, Rebecca has a broad range of skills focused on legal service administration and direct representation for clients in the family-based and humanitarian immigration processes. As a Michigander, Rebecca graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and Western Michigan University. She is fluent in Spanish.
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