Karina Garcia, Political Chair of Chicano Caucus, speaks at the New College School of Law

The New College National Lawyers Guild Chapter is proud to host Karina García, the political chair of the Chicano Caucus at Columbia University and an organizer of the October 4 protest against Jim Gilchrist and the Minuteman Project. In the coming weeks, she will be speaking to student and progressive organizations nationwide to build awareness of the Minutemen and a movement to fight back.

This event is co-sponsored by La Raza Law Students of New College, Boalt Hall NLG, Hastings NLG, La Raza Law Student Association at Boalt Hall.

Free food will be provided!


Karina Garcia's Bio:

Karina García is the political chair of the Chicano Caucus at Columbia University. At Columbia University, Garcia has organized student walkouts and teach-ins advocating for full rights for all immigrants. On Oct. 4, she helped lead a large protest against Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project. She and other students went onstage with anti-racist banners while Gilchrist was speaking and were attacked by Minutemen thugs. Faced with overwhelming opposition Gilchrist terminated his speech.

Days later, Karina García and Gilchrist squared off on a nationally broadcast debate on Democracy Now!. Gilchrist took off his microphone and stormed out of the studio in the first minutes of the debate. Although they were physically attacked by Minutemen on October 4, it is the anti-racist protesters who have been targeted by the media, university officials, and NYC mayor Bloomberg. Karina García is telling the story of the anti-Minutemen protesters and the struggle against fascism and racism. She has been speaking to students and communities and in the mass media. All over the country, people are learning about this struggle and showing their support for the students at Columbia University.