Join the NLG-SFBA as we seek to confront this urgent issue by learning about historical and current root causes of the crises, current organizing efforts, and how we can all take action by bridging our struggles here and internationally!
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TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 7PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME
Join attorneys and community organizers for conversation on the history and relationship between gender-based and sexual violence and migration. Escalating numbers of femicides and anti-LGBTQ+ laws/actions in locations around the world are major drivers of forced migration. Learn how international grassroots movements are fighting against these discriminatory forces and about their experiences pursuing justice!
Speakers
- Devota Nuwe, Uganda Refugee Law Project
- Nathaly Matute, VisibiliT
- Elaina Vermeulen, Centro Legal De La Raza
- Felipe Navarro Lux, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at UC Hastings
Moderators
- Irma Shauf-Bajar, GABRIELA USA
- Edwin Carmona-Cruz, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice
This panel is endorsed by these amazing organizations
- Arab Resource Organizing Center
- Haiti Action Committee
- SOA Watch
- BAYAN-USA
- Project South
- Center for Political Education
- Freedom For Immigrants
- NLG International Committee
- VisibiliT
- Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at UC Davis Law School
- Centro Legal De La Raza
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
Check out this video of our 1st webinar: Neoliberalism, Imperialism, and Militarization
And, our 2nd webinar: Climate Change, Food Production, and Environmental Disaster
When
June 8th, 2021 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Event Fee(s)
| Community Ticket - Free |
| MCLE Credit (Attorneys only) - $50/person (2 credits) |