Fall 2019 Events
Democracy Under a Volcano: Understanding Protest Movements in Latin America
Date: Monday, November 4, 2019
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Ladd Hall, 307
Organized by visiting assistant professor Collin Grimes (Political Science), with
Profs Viviana Rangil (WLL), Marial Lander (WLL) and Lisa Jackson-Schebetta (Theater),
this panel provides insight and commentary on the largest social mobilization in a
generation in Chile, Venezuela, Argentina Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti, and Peru.
Painting the Border: A Child's Voice
Date: Opening October 7; open through October 18
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Case Gallery, Case Center
The youngest asylum seekers at the US southern border have something to say about
鈥淩eturn to Mexico鈥�, a policy that has left them homeless in one of the most dangerous
cities in the world. Children in Ciudad Ju谩rez painted their responses to the question:
What do you think about the border? Their paintings express hope, fear, a longing
for home, and the stark realities of survival in one of the most dangerous cities
in the world. Diana Barnes (WLL) and student curators in her Scribner Seminar, 鈥淐haos
Finds a Voice: The Politics of Identity in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands,鈥� welcome
you to view work by artists/children who, either alone or with parents, are among
more than 15,000 asylum seekers stranded in Ciudad Ju谩rez under the Trump Administration鈥檚
Migration Protection Protocols (also known as 鈥淩eturn to Mexico鈥�). Since the initiative
commenced in earnest in July, more than 40,000 asylum seekers have been either denied
entry to the U.S. or have been returned to Mexico after making asylum claims. Prof.
Barnes collaborated with representatives from the Organization for World Peace, border
muralist Cimi Alvarado, and El Paso NGO Seguimos Adelante, to bus children from their
shelters for a day of painting and fun.
LALS Fall Welcome Back Fiesta
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2019
Time: 6 pm
Location: Murray Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd Floor