This forum, organized by DAMAYAN Migrant Workers

Association and co-sponsored by the Barnard Center for Research on

Women, Barnard Women's Studies, and the National Domestic Workers

Alliance, engages scholars, policy advocates, activists, and allies

about the situation of immigrant women domestic workers with the

Philippines as a case study. The forum is moderated by Leah Obias, Catherine Sameh gives

opening remarks, and the list of speakers and topics

includes: Neferti Tadiar, Professor and Chair of Women's Studies at

Barnard College, discussing globalization, migration and domestic work;

Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy at the Community

Development Project of the Urban Justice Center, discussing community

participatory research and organizing work; Cecille Venzon, Member of

the Board of Directors of DAMAYAN, giving a worker's testimonial; Terri

Nilliasca, Activist and Student at CUNY Law Center, discussing power

dynamics at the domestic workplace and the intersections of race, class,

gender and immigration; and Linda Oalican, Program Coordinator of

DAMAYAN, offering concluding remarks on building a comprehensive migrant

domestic workers movement. Grace Chang, who participated in the forum

via Skype, could not be included in this podcast due to sound quality

issues.