Monday, April 29, 2013 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Location:
USU Northridge Center
Human Rights Series presents Father Alejandro Solalinde, 2012 Mexican human rights awardee and founder and director of the shelter, "Hermanos en el Camino" (Brothers on the Road) at Ixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
The shelter is located at Ixtepec, one of the poorest areas of México where the incidence of illiteracy, extreme poverty, marginalization, and unemployment are the highest in the country. Ixtepec is one of the routes chosen by migrants from Central America.
Co-sponsored by the College of Humanities Academic Fund, Religious Studies Department, Chicano Studies Department, the Central American Research and Policy Institute (CARPI), Civil Discourse and Social Change, the Central American United Student Association (CAUSA), and CARECEN.