Baltimore Immigration Summit
June 5th, 2026 | Morgan State University
This year's theme will be Harbors and Bridges: Holding Ground and Uniting Communities.
This year’s theme embodies our shared mission of creating spaces where New Americans feel secure and empowered while fortifying the bonds that form and link our communities.
Baltimore Immigration Summit
The Baltimore Immigration Summit is a free one-day event that brings together academics, policymakers, service providers, activists, community leaders, and others working with and for immigrants and refugees in our region. Baltimore and its surrounding suburbs represent an area with a growing and diverse immigrant population, and local governments view them as essential to the region's ongoing resurgence. We invite you to join us in learning about and celebrating the empowered immigrant communities in our region and discovering new opportunities for collaboration!
Registration opens on Monday, April 6. Due to high demand, filling out this form does not guarantee a spot at the Summit at this time. Attendance or waitlist statuses will be sent by email, and you must confirm your attendance to keep your spot.
Registration Request InformationSummit Performer
Morelys Urbano is a Dominican-born poet and multidisciplinary storyteller whose work
lives at the intersection of art, identity, and resistance. Rooted in her experiences
as an Afro-Latina immigrant, her poetry explores themes of memory, displacement, Blackness,
womanhood, and belonging—often weaving Spanish and English to reflect the dualities
she carries.
She is the author of A Sangre Fría, a bilingual poetry collection that centers emotional
vulnerability, cultural pride, and the quiet strength of survival. As a spoken word
artist, Urbano has performed at community spaces, universities, and public events,
using performance as a way to transform personal narrative into collective reflection.
Her artistic practice extends beyond the page and stage, blending journalism, audio,
and visual storytelling to document the lives of marginalized communities. Whether
through poetry or multimedia work, Urbano creates pieces that are both intimate and
political—grounded in truth, and driven by a desire to make people feel seen.
We ENJOYED seeing EVERYONE at the 2025 Baltimore Immigration Summit and look forward to seeing you again this year!
Contact
Beth Clifford (eclifford AT_TOWSON)
Catalina Rodriguez-Lima (BIS@baltimorecity.gov)
2026 Summit Sponsors
Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MIMA)
Baltimore County Government
Towson University
Baltimore Jewish Council
The Herbert H. and Irma B. Risch Foundation
Center for Religion and Cities at Morgan State