In 2001, the shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers, smack in the middle of Long Island, NY, catapulted the town of Farmingville into national headlines. For nearly a year, filmmakers Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini lived and worked in Farmingville in order to capture the turmoil on the new front line in the border wars: suburbia. Blending the stories of town leaders, residents, day laborers and activists on all sides of the debate, Farmingville is the first documentary to show how our laws and infrastructure are at odds with our increasingly globalized economy. See who supported the film.
Active Voice invites you to participate in the Farmingville Campaign, a strategic effort to explore how suburban communities can build bridges between long-term residents and newly arrived immigrant populations, in particular undocumented Latinos. Here's how you can put the Farmingville Campaign to work for your community:


Through Active Voice's national partners, Resource Guide: PDF - 430 KB and strategic alliances explore the implications of proposed immigration policies for families, neighborhoods and workplaces in your community.

Contact Active Voice about organizing an event that draws on the experience of communities across America that are coping with neighborhood tensions around immigration. Use Active Voice's expert facilitators and Discussion Guide: PDF - 236KB to brainstorm effective ways to bridge differences.
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» Download the Brookings Institute Transcript: PDF - 96KB