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Immigration and the Changing Face of Massachusetts
June 30, 2005
Donna Cupelo regional president, Verizon
Jane C. Edmonds director, MA Workforce Development
Larry Fish president, CEO, Citizens Financial Group
Diane Portnoy cofounder, director, Immigrant Learning Center
Michael J. Sullivan mayor, city of Lawrence, MA
Rocío Sáenz president, S.E.I.U. 615
Blenda Wilson president, CEO, Nellie Mae Ed Foundation
Robert E. Travaglini president, senate, D-MA-
The focus of this forum is the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth's recently released report providing a comprehensive look at the state's growing immigrant population. Among other things, the report's authors note that Massachusetts is completely dependent on immigrants for its population growth and "the future appears to hold more of the same," a trend that researchers say should catch the attention of policy makers.
Among the report's important findings are the conclusion that one in seven Massachusetts residents (907,000) was born in another country and that in less than 15 years, the number of immigrants living in Massachusetts has increased by nearly 40 percent. The share of immigrants in the state's workforce has nearly doubled over the past 25 years, and in 2004, immigrants represented 17 percent of the state's labor force.
This event was cosponsored by Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Verizon, Citizens Bank, The Boston Foundation, and Bank of America's Frank W. and Carl S. Adams Memorial Fund.
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