Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 5:00pm
McNeil Building, Room 403
3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Please join us Thursday, October 19 at 5pm as we launch the Penn Migration Initiative and it’s 2023-2024 Inaugural Speaker Series, “Solidarity and Belonging Beyond Borders,” featuring Pedro Rios, Director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program.
Pedro Rios – Director, American Friends Service Committee U.S.- Mexico Border Program
“The Militarization of Border Communities and the Failures of Deterrent Strategies: A Perspective from San Diego”
Thursday, October 19, 5pm - 403 McNeil, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
*The event is free and open to the public.*
Pedro Rios has been with AFSC since 2003. He oversees a program that documents abuses by law enforcement agencies, collaborates with community groups, advocates for policy change, and works with migrant communities to build collective leadership locally and throughout the border region. A native San Diegan, Pedro has worked on immigrant rights and border issues for over 25 years. The Penn Migration Initiative was created to advance and promote interdisciplinary scholarship, original research, and intellectual exchange among stakeholders interested in immigration policy and immigrant communities. This academic year, we are launching a speaker series, “Solidarity and Belonging Beyond Borders,” which will bring together border scholars, journalists, policy leaders, community advocates, and artists to discuss their initiatives and research projects that humanize the people and communities in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands.