A discussion about a topic that is currently at the forefront of public conversation—the removal of children of undocumented aliens by federal authorities—as well as other civil rights issues, will be held from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Mathews Boys and Girls Club, 498 Church Street, Mathews.

CircleUp Middle Peninsula, a community action political group, is holding the panel discussion. Participants include Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Professor of History and Director of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies, Norfolk State University; immigration activist Lucy Maurer and Preston Elrod, Professor Emeritus, Justice Studies, Eastern Kentucky University. Sheila Crowley, retired CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, will lead the discussion.

CircleUp’s outreach donation for June is non-perishable food for the food banks in Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties. ...