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Join us for "Freedom in Motion": The Future of Immigration, AI, and Universal Basic Income. The Journal, in partnership with the non-partisan Equal Freedom Institute, presents "Freedom in Motion": The Future of Immigration, AI, and Universal Basic Income. Join us to hear from an esteemed panel of speakers as we explore pressing and interconnected policy challenges of our time. As global migration redefines nations and technological advancement accelerates, we face a critical era in our social and economic future. The event will bring together leading advocates to examine how these three forces—often discussed in isolation—are deeply intertwined.
EVENT PANELISTS
Chris Boom​
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​President and CEO of the Equal Freedom Institute
Chris Boom is the President and CEO of the Equal Freedom Institute. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Loyola University New Orleans, a JD and LLM in Transnational Law from Temple University, and a PhD in Philosophy from Tulane. A practicing immigration lawyer, he recently served as Chair of the New Orleans Bar Association's Immigration Law Committee and contributed a chapter to Springer Publishing's 2025 Handbook of Migration Ethics.
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William Glod​​
Vice President of Scholarly Research at the Equal Freedom Institute​
William Glod is the Equal Freedom Institute’s Vice President of Scholarly Research. He previously worked as Senior Program Officer at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), where he oversaw faculty mentorship programming, organized scholarly events, and managed fellowships. He focuses his scholarly research on personal autonomy and objections to paternalism.
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Immigration Panel
Nathan P. Goodman​​
Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy​
Nathan P. Goodman is a Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He focuses his research on public choice, institutions, self-governance, defense and peace economics, and border militarization. His work on immigration policy includes “US border militarization and foreign policy: a symbiotic relationship” in The Economics of Peace and Security Journal and “The Political Economy of the Virtual Wall” in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice.
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Aubrial Harrington​​
PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Arizona State University and Narrative Development Specialist for Americans for Immigrant Justice​
Aubrial Harrington is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Arizona State University and Narrative Development Specialist for Americans for Immigrant Justice. Her dissertation focuses on the moral and political dimensions of immigration and border theory, reframing discussions of immigration by centering immigrant positionality and interrogating the structure of borders as forms of political architecture. As Narrative Development Specialist, she is in charge of creating data-driven narratives and storytelling advancing Americans for Immigrant Justice’s work promoting and protecting immigrants' rights in the United States.
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Laura Kelley​
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Immigration Attorney and Chair of the Miami-Dade County Democratic party
Laura Kelley is an immigration attorney and Chair of the Miami-Dade County Democratic Party. She has represented clients in immigration courts nationwide, and frequently represents detained clients in bond proceedings, removal hearings and reasonable and credible fear interviews. In recognition of her achievements, she has served on the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Board of Governors as well as Chair of its South Florida Chapter.
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AI Panel
Regan Moss​
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PhD student in Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences at Tulane University
Regan Moss is a PhD student in the Department of Social, Behavioral, + Population Sciences at Tulane University. She is also an affiliated researcher with the Mary Amelia Center for Women's Health Equity Research, the Cross-Center Collaborative of Justice-Involved Women and Children, the Khora Lab (Columbia University) and Tulane's Center of Excellence in Maternal-Child Health. Her research interests include the use of AI-enhanced surveillance for moral policing, including the criminalization of pregnancy outcomes and sex work.
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Thomas Mulligan​
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Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics
Thomas Mulligan is a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics. From 2021 to 2024, he worked as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for the City of New Orleans. His current research focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence and security.
Sarah Whittington
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Advocacy Director for the ACLU of Louisiana
Sarah Whittington is Advocacy Director for the ACLU of Louisiana. Her recent accomplishments include overseeing the ACLU of Louisiana’s advocacy against a subsequently withdrawn proposed ordinance permitting the New Orleans Police Department to adopt real-time facial recognition surveillance. They also include coordinating its efforts against since-defeated amendments to the Louisiana State Constitution.
Basic Income Panel
Otto Lehto
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Postoctoral Research Fellow at NYU School of Law's Classical Liberal Institute and Junior Researcher at University of Freiburg's FRIBIS Institute
Otto Lehto is a postdoctoral research fellow at NYU School of Law's Classical Liberal Institute and an affiliated Junior Researcher at the University of Freiburg's FRIBIS Institute. His research explores how universal basic income could address welfare state challenges through evolutionary economics and complexity theory. He is also former President and current board member of the Finnish Basic Income Network.
Natalie Rupp​​
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Equal Freedom Institute's Vice President of Community Organizing and Founder of the Trans Income Project
Natalie Rupp is the Equal Freedom Institute’s Vice President of Community Organizing. In 2023, she founded the Trans Income Project, which provides cash assistance, support groups, and community organizing for transgender individuals in and around New Orleans. Before that, she worked as Economic Justice Program Officer at Foundation for Louisiana.
Scott Santens​
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Found and CEO of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation, Host of Basic Income Show, and serves on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund
Scott Santens is the founder and CEO of the Income To Support All (ITSA) Foundation, host of The Basic Income Show, and serves on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as editor of Basic Income Today. He has been researching and advocating for unconditional universal basic income since 2013. He has been acknowledged by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang as one of those who helped shape his thinking.
Karl Widerquist​
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Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University-Qatar
Karl Widerquist is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University-Qatar. He is internationally known for his interdisciplinary work in philosophy, politics, and economics defending universal basic income as essential for respecting everyone’s status as free, independent people. His recent books include 2023’s The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously, and 2024’s Universal Basic Income.